Sentence examples for oak from inspiring English sources
noun
A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
It is homely yet chic, with Tasmanian oak flooring, café latte-coloured walls and a series of colourful photographs taken by one of the owners.
I first saw Oliver Rackham perform in 1973, at a cross-disciplinary conference on the British oak held that autumn in Sussex University.
In explaining the closure, which has nothing to do with the oak beams, the warden suggested that perhaps the college was not so hot on foresight as Cameron had indicated.
The final report from the Independent Panel on Forestry, for example, illustrates the build-up of diseases such as Asian longhorn beetle in broadleaved trees, Cryphonectria parasitica on sweet chestnut, oak processionary moth, acute oak decline, and other fungal diseases on a range of trees.
The charms of this land of wheatfields, cork oak forests, wildflower meadows and tiny white-washed villages, are more subtle than in France or Italy's poster regions.
Shaded by rows of oak and poplar trees, they form not only the place of peaceful interment for hundreds, but one of contemplation and reflection for anyone seeking solace and solitude.
Opening the bags of infant leaves of rocket and oak-leaf lettuce, basil and nasturtium, hot mustard and cool butterhead is a daily ritual that is as much a part of my life as a morning espresso.
It is packed to bursting every lunchtime with a noisy mix of workers in overalls, students from the nearby architecture faculty and curious tourists; you can sit inside the cosy oak-beamed dining room or grab a waterside table and watch boats pass by on the busy Canale di Cannaregio.
Most rooms have some combination of iron bedsteads, terracotta floors and oak-beamed ceilings, and breakfast is a feast of Dionysian proportions.
Mendoza's beefy malbecs are now standard stock in British wineracks, and Chile's oak-and-honey chardonnays hold their own against Oceania's output.
Don Julio Kaffir Margarita 50 mls Don Julio tequila Oak-smoked salt Sea salt snow 2 frozen kaffir limes, hollowed out 20ml lime juice 10ml Triple Sec 2.4 units alcohol Two kaffir limes are frozen, the tops cut off and the contents removed using a melon scoop.
