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teak

[ US /ˈtik/ ]
[ UK /tˈiːk/ ]
NOUN
  1. tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
  2. hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

How To Use teak In A Sentence

  • I had a sirloin steak, with béarnaise and frites, which they contrarily call chips, and a bit of salad. Times, Sunday Times
  • The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
  • This steak house has organically farmed beef and locally raised bison. Times, Sunday Times
  • Will you grind up a pound and a half of lean round steak for me?
  • I'd never use the word "cheesesteak" for the second recipe, because, well, it's not. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • In peddling the cheesesteak as a dining option, he noted that restaurants in other parts of the country don't know how to make a proper cheesesteak.
  • And I cajoled and caroused and codingled a steak dinner from her if she ever sold this novel. November 17th, 2009
  • The dish is made with cubed pieces of steak.
  • For the burgers• 1½ pounds fresh tuna steaks, cut into 1/2-inch dice• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard• 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper in adobo purée• 1 tablespoon honey• 3 tablespoons canola oil• 2 green onions, green and pale-green part, thinly sliced• Salt and freshly ground pepper• 4 kaiser rolls• 2 ounces watercress• 1 red onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced. Bobby Flay’s tips for great burgers
  • The pub now has two restaurants serving anything from sausages to shark steaks.
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