large oak

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeandoak

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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oak
noun[C or U]
uk
/əʊk/us
/oʊk/
a large tree that is common in northern countries, or the hard wood of ...
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(Definition oflargeandoakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From small acornslargeoaktrees grow.
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Statistics from 1696 refer to 2,500largeoaktrees.
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Farther from the rivers,largeoak-ash-elm forests spread.
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Largeoaktrees surrounded the house hiding it from view.
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I suppose my point is that the most modest initiative can be the acorn which gives birth to alargeoak.
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It said that twolargeoaktrees threaten to destroy 30 tombs.
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The environmental make-up consists oflargeoakgroves and swamps.
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Alargeoaktree shades the brick courtyard between the main house and guest cottage.
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The brick building had small round windows andlargeoaktables.
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At that time, the land was covered bylargeoakwoods.
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The entrance hall has alargeoakstaircase, the company meeting room a tin ceiling.
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The terrain of the campus is characterized by dramatic outcroppings of exposed bedrock shaded bylargeoakand elm trees.
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Of local interest is alargeoaktree, around 400 years old, at the front of the church.
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They sat down under a verylargeoaktree for shelter and looked around realizing how comfortable this place was.
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Aging can take place in stainless-steel or concrete tanks, or in small orlargeoakbarrels.
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The park does not have off-street parking, but does includelargeoaktrees along the southern end of property.
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It was used for public hangings up until 1817, most of which were from alargeoakwhich was replaced with gallows in 1769.
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Consisting oflargeoaktimbers placed at 50 cm intervals it would have served as a huge barrier to the middle of the site.
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Thelargeoakbeams, only ten inches apart, as sound as in the day the original trees lifted their leafy tops high in air.
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Soonlargeoaktrees, winding paths and panoramic views filled his paintings with an artful blend of minute detail and atmospheric mood.
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For many years it was a residential street, lined withlargeoaktrees, but by 1850 it had become strongly commercial in character.
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Until the winter of 1977-78, alargeoaktree with a rope swing stood in a pasture near the center of campus.
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The island is notable for alargeoaktree, which together with several smaller oaks, cedars, and sumac cover the island.
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Silvanus appears to mortals most commonly as a withered, timeworn, bearded man, usually levitating amongst scenes of nature, like trees, possibly springing from an old,largeoaktree.
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He led four witnesses to alargeoakon the hillside, inviting them to examine the ground around the tree carefully before digging for the plates.
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