TEAKWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teakwood mean? 

• TEAKWOOD (noun)
  The noun TEAKWOOD has 1 sense:

1. hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

  Familiarity information: TEAKWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEAKWOOD (noun)

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Meaning:

Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

teak; teakwood

Hypernyms ("teakwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("teakwood" is a substance of...):

teak; Tectona grandis (tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood)