hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
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tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
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Teak \Teak\ (t[=e]k), n. [Malayalam tekku.] (Bot.) A tree of East Indies ({Tectona grandis}) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [Written also {teek}.]
{African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also {African oak}.
{New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
Long paid the equivalent of $750 to acquire squatter's rights over several hundred acres of land on which the Yellow Leaves have planted fruit trees, sunk fish ponds and reforested denuded strips of hillside with teak trees.
The lights might blink a bit. The teak floorboards creak.
She declined comment on reports that the vessel, which featured black steel with teak trim and polished brass during its heyday, had fallen into disrepair and that its 243-foot-hulk had trees growing through it.
We were introduced to the headman by our guide and shown the floor that was to be our bed. Typically, the house we were staying in was built on stilts and was made around a teak frame and floored with sheets of bamboo.