| 释义 |
post oak
noun
uk /ˈpəʊst ˌəʊk/ us /ˈpoʊst ˌoʊk/
[ C or U ]
a kind of North American oak(= a large, common tree whose oval nuts have an outer part like a cup):
I looked back at the bare post oaks.
He picked a spot under a post oak tree and put down the picnic basket.
[ U ]
the wood of the post oak tree, used for making posts and in cooking and preserving food with smoke:
He smokes the meat for hours on post oak.
They smoked the meat over indirect heat, placing logs of post oak at one end of the pit and the meat at the other.
The dominant trees here are longleaf pines and post oak.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deciduous trees
acacia
acer
ailanthus
alder
almond
fringe tree
ginkgo
hawthorn
honey locust
hornbeam
quaking aspen
red maple
red oak
rowan
rubber tree
wayfaring tree
weeping willow
white ash
white birch
white oak
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Types of wood
|