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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
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