OAKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oaken mean? 

• OAKEN (adjective)
  The adjective OAKEN has 1 sense:

1. consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

  Familiarity information: OAKEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OAKEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

Context example:

the old oaken bucket

Similar:

woody (made of or containing or resembling wood)

 Context examples 

“Dear father,” cried Tita, still supporting the angry old man, as he limped up the curved oaken stair.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a very large and high chamber, with carved oak ceiling, oaken panelling, and a fine array of deer’s heads and ancient weapons around the walls.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He crossed to an oaken cupboard, and as he threw it open I caught a glimpse of glistening rows of parallel barrels, like the pipes of an organ.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Rushing over to the great iron-bound oaken door, which Dr. Seward had described from the outside, and which I had seen myself, he turned the key in the lock, drew the huge bolts, and swung the door open.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Only one hour in the twenty-four did she pass with her fellow-servants below; all the rest of her time was spent in some low-ceiled, oaken chamber of the second storey: there she sat and sewed—and probably laughed drearily to herself,—as companionless as a prisoner in his dungeon.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with arms and cross-bars at the bottom.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, with a sudden deep-chested shout, he tore up the heavy oaken prie-dieu and poised it to strike, taking two steps backward the while, that none might take him at a vantage.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had an idea of its direction, though on my former visit I had not been able to get admission to it; so I led the way, and after a few wrong turnings found myself opposite a low, arched oaken door, ribbed with iron bands.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

An examination of his room revealed that the bed had not been slept in, that a safe which stood in it was open, that a number of important papers were scattered about the room, and finally, that there were signs of a murderous struggle, slight traces of blood being found within the room, and an oaken walking-stick, which also showed stains of blood upon the handle.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Behind were the little clump of steel-clad horsemen, their lances raised, with long pensils drooping down the oaken shafts.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)