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How to use teak in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun, adjective

Teak means an extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). Example: “He has spent ten years lovingly restoring a rather luxurious tonneau with teak panelling and leather seats.”

More sentences with teak

  • He has spent ten years lovingly restoring a rather luxurious tonneau with teak panelling and leather seats.From the entry tonneau
  • The furniture was finished in teak veneer.From the entry finish
  • Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.From the entry wood
  • The First Class compartments featured full-width mirrors, pleated curtains, folding tables, abstract murals, and teak veneering.2024 March 20, Greg Morse, “XP64: the train the ^([sic]) [that] launched a new style”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 46. From the entry veneering
  • Doors are made with reused teak wood, and windows are made of cement jaali with WFR 1.1%.2023, Vijayalaxmi J., Building Thermal Performance and Sustainability, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry jaali
  • The thing's flesh jarred like teak, almost denting the Justicar's blade.2013, Paul Kidd, White Plume Mountain, →ISBN. From the entry justicar
  • Sammy knew Johnny was as tough as teak and he carried a punch like a sledgehammer blow.2000, James Hadley Chase, Knock, Knock! Who's There?, page 4. From the entry tough as teak
  • Teak and nonteak firewood prices had multiplied tenfold and fivefold, respectively.1990, Mark Poffenberger, Keepers of the forest: land management alternatives in Southeast Asia. From the entry nonteak
  • Flynn's design for the kitchen incorporates a combination of cerused teak cabinetry, bronzed steel, and basaltina volcanic stone counters.2019, Anthony Iannacci, New York Design at Home, page 80. From the entry cerused
  • Liz Dalton Interiors called for spectacular treatments like crown moldings and coiffured overheads which Rybovich built from solid teak.1999 May, Peter Frederiksen, “Top Shelf”, in Yachting, volume 185, number 5, page 91. From the entry coiffured
  • He was as tough as teak, made the hard yards, was a punishing defender, and had amazing ball skills for a man his size.1999 August 25, Dr Who, “Most Under Rated Players - This Decade”, in aus.sport.rugby-league (Usenet). From the entry tough as teak
  • Teak-faced ply is about three times the price of any other, so if you need to economise, anything other than teak would be a good choice!2015, “Hull and Deck”, in Judith Chamberlain-Webber, editor, The Boat Improvement Bible: Practical Projects to Customise and Upgrade Your…. From the entry ply
  • Furnishings of teak and cerused oak inside and out compliment bona fide classics such as the Barcelona chairs in the living room and Eames lounge in the master bedroom .2017, Steven M. Price, Trousdale Estates. From the entry cerused
  • On the teak table stood two slender-necked blue vases Cohn had recently potted out of some rare lumps of clay, aburst with white fruit-tree blossoms he had painted on them.1982, Bernard Malamud, God’s Grace, New York: Avon, pages 125–126. From the entry aburst

Meaning of teak

  1. noun An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
  2. noun A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
  3. noun A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.

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Questions about teak in a sentence

How do you use teak in a sentence?
Teak is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “He has spent ten years lovingly restoring a rather luxurious tonneau with teak panelling and leather seats.”
What is a short sentence with teak?
“The furniture was finished in teak veneer.”
What does teak mean?
Teak means an extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).

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