OAKEN
What does "OAKEN" mean?
Made of, or resembling, the wood of the oak tree.
Meanings
- Made of oak wood. The old hall had an oaken door thick enough to stop an axe.
- Having a quality suggesting oak, such as sturdiness or a deep brown colour. The whisky had spent a decade in barrels, picking up an oaken warmth. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'acen', meaning 'made of oak', formed from 'ac' (oak) plus the suffix '-en' that marks material, as in 'wooden' and 'golden'.
Remember it
OAKEN = OAK + EN, the same '-en' that turns gold into golden and wood into wooden.
A little poem
The door is oaken, scarred, and slow to yield;
what kept the cold out kept the years out, sealed.
couplet
What it teaches
Hardness is just patience that hardened: an oak was soft once, like everything that lasts.
Quick facts
What does OAKEN mean?
Made of, or resembling, the wood of the oak tree.
Is OAKEN a valid word?
Yes — OAKEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OAKEN?
OAKEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OAKEN come from?
From Old English 'acen', meaning 'made of oak', formed from 'ac' (oak) plus the suffix '-en' that marks material, as in 'wooden' and 'golden'.
What can OAKEN teach us?
Hardness is just patience that hardened: an oak was soft once, like everything that lasts.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.