hard strong durable yellowish- brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

A tree of East Indies ( Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.

A tall East Indian tree whose leaves yield a red dye; the hard, durable timber of this tree.

The tree Tectona grandis, of eastern and southern Asia, furnishing a timber wood; the leaves are astringent and the flowers diuretic.

A tree in the E. Indies and Africa, also its wood, remarkable for its hardness and durability.

An East Indian tree, and its hard and durable timber.

A large East- Indian tree yielding durable timber.

A tree of the East Indies, which furnishes an abundance of valuable ship- timber; the wood of the tree.

" Alf's very late," said Mr. Teak, thickly. – Ship's Company, The Entire Collection by W.W. Jacobs

Another wild shriek from Mrs. Teak greeted its appearance. – Ship's Company, The Entire Collection by W.W. Jacobs

One day Umboo and Keedah were taken together to the teak forest. – Umboo, the Elephant by Howard R. Garis

A low, lead- gray funnel stood just forward of the mainmast, and a teak house, rising three or four feet above the deck, occupied part of her length. – The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

There came a sound of sudden thundering on teak that ceased after two minutes. – Winds of the World by Talbot Mundy

Jack was lucky in dropping across a bit of teak in capital preservation, a bar eight feet long, four inches square, and as hard as iron. – Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore

That narrow teak door, down the passage? – Winds of the World by Talbot Mundy

Then Mr B. showed us his teak logs tethered alongside the banks, waiting for high water to take them on their road south. – From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by William G. Burn Murdoch

" It's a fact," said Mrs. Teak. – Ship's Company, The Entire Collection by W.W. Jacobs

Five hundred snider cartridges, in teak boxes lined with soldered tin, weigh 64 lbs. – Ismailia by Samuel W. Baker

The old accommodation- ladder, untouched since the time of Spiteri's advent, was down and the teak steps hastily scrubbed. – Command by William McFee

Just five ordinary teak- wood chests- but in those teak- wood chests, Ben, was the money that put the Websters on their feet again. – The Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes

And as soon as a good crop gives the village a little money, it will build a teak monastery, be sure of that. – The Soul of a People by H. Fielding

These are very neatly built on teak- wood legs. – From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by William G. Burn Murdoch

I was ushered into an upper room, whose teak wainscotings, covered with Cufic and other inscriptions, large carpets, and ample Diwans, still showed a sort of ragged splendour. – Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Sir Richard Francis Burton

All woodwork, including furniture, ought to be of teak, because they are unable to burrow into it. – India and the Indians by Edward F. Elwin

Nichols arranged two chairs about a tiny teak- wood table. – Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

After that he went his way unmolested, having soundly trounced one of the biggest bullies in the teak timber- yards at Rangoon. – Parrot & Co. by Harold MacGrath

Her decks were a litter of teak beams, ill- stowed. – Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

That skiff is built of stiff teak planks, with a nose as sharp and hard as an iron spike. – Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore