oakbark

oakbark noun: the bark of the oak tree, often specifically as a source of tannic acid; tan.

Noun

oakbark (uncountable)

The bark of the oak tree, often specifically as a source of tannic acid; tan.
- Some kinds of fish oils are similarly improved by vigorous agitation with oakbark infusion or other liquors containing tannin, conveniently effected by blowing a rapid current of steam through the whole: […]1894, Charles Romley Alder Wright, chapter XI, in Animal and Vegetable Fixed Oils, Fats, Butters, and Waxes, page 263
- From 1 to 2 kg. (2-4 pounds) of oakbark are boiled in a few liters (quarts) of water and allowed to digest for about an hour, after which the mixture is filtered and the filtrate added to the bath.1906, Ferdinand Frühwald, Reference Handbook of the Diseases of Children for Students and Physicians, page 424

There was a piece of flint, a short length of iron, oakbark dust and a ball of tinderwool.2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Edge Chronicles: Vox, page 53:
It was a mixture of the smells of raw sheepskins and oakbark acid […] and coal smoke, and it was a characteristic of the town."2008, Patricia J. Fanning, Through an uncommon lens: the life and photography of F. Holland Day, →ISBN, pages 18–19:

alternative form	oak bark
alternative form	oak-bark

From oak + bark.

What does oakbark mean?: Oakbark means the bark of the oak tree, often specifically as a source of tannic acid; tan.
How do you use oakbark in a sentence?: There was a piece of flint, a short length of iron, oakbark dust and a ball of tinderwool.
What part of speech is oakbark?: Oakbark is a noun.

Adapted from Wiktionary: oakbark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “oakbark.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/oakbark. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.