# oaks

Pronunciation: say "OHKS" US /oʊks/, UK /əʊks/

## Noun

1. Plural of oak. — plural of oak
   - Simple: Plural of oak. Use it when you talk about more than one oak tree.
   - _Squirrels buried acorns beneath the oaks at the edge of the park._
   - _Several of the oaks on the property were planted more than a century ago._
2. A stakes race that only three-year-old fillies may enter.
   - Simple: A big horse race that only three-year-old female horses are allowed to run in.
   - _The trainer is pointing her best filly toward the Oaks in early summer._
   - _Several of this year's Oaks contenders have never raced over that distance._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from oak and the suffix -s.
**Meaning 2** — From the Epsom Oaks, a horse race.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/oaks (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).