(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The teak-coloured wooden garages will be open for business from Monday for drive-in customers in a country where prostitution has been legal since 1942 on the outskirts of the Swiss city.
(2) A block north of the waterfront on Merchant Road, workmen up ladders are carefully painting corinthian capitals with yellow limewash and adjusting teak window frames, putting the finishing touches to a restoration project that offers a different model for saving heritage structures, while training local builders in the process.
(3) The decks are made from untreated teak, a legacy from the days of sail and as labour-intensive as floors come.
(4) Reports from Leeds this weekend said that Elland Road, sold by the financially stricken club's previous board in November 2004 to Manchester businessman Jacob Adler, had been sold for a second time in as many years to latest owners Teak Trading Corporation, based in the British Virgin Islands.
(5) On my visit, pieces included a Keralan teak canoe upended to form a bookcase, and a Rajput palace window frame with a mirror inserted.
(6) Leeds are currently paying high rent costs on the stadium, which is owned by Teak Trading Corporation of the British Virgin Islands, while Thorp Arch is owned by the Manchester businessman Jacob Adler.
(7) Okoye, 21-stone heavy and 6ft 6in tall, runs the 100m in under 11 seconds, and has a physique that could have been carved out of teak.
(8) At a certain point in the exhibition, oak appears – a cheaper resource “discovered” in Poland after teak became too expensive.
(9) We passed giant bamboo rafts; a local guide later told us that illegally logged teak was often hidden beneath them.
(10) Everything here stays true to the 1950s and 1960s look, including the cocktail glasses, the upstairs lounge with its teak furniture, the soft jazz in the background, and even Gustaf’s vintage outfit.
(11) After about 20 minutes, the Day Nurse had kicked in too much and I found I had written down these words, which I then discounted and wound back on to the kitchen roll: sinking mud, a lady in a wetsuit, puffin, asthma, teak.
(12) Desoxylapachol, sensitizer from teak wood, and lapachenole, sensitizer from perobawood proved to be the most effective ones.
(13) The influence of protein, isolated from teak (Tectona grandis) seed upon albino rats with respect to some of their serum, liver and intestinal enzymes and liver lipids has been studied.
(14) It is the world's biggest exporter of teak , a principal source of precious stones, has fertile soil and significant offshore oil and gas deposits but the majority of its people live in abject poverty .
(15) The millionaire who rescues migrants at sea - Podcast Read more Catrambone and Regina, along with Regina’s teenage daughter Maria Luisa, set off from their home on the Mediterranean island of Malta , aboard a glistening white 24-metre chartered motor yacht with Burmese teak decking and varnished Tanganyika walnut joinery.
(16) Open daily for lunch and dinner Restaurant Playtime On a small street next to the market, this stylish, retro bistro is decorated in 1950s Scandinavian style with Eames chairs and teak tables.
(17) Sun-loungers are set out on the teak transom, towels rolled in tight cylinders.
(18) Teak made the town wealthy in the 19th century, and there was a large European population at the time.
(19) Azzam, which cost a rumoured £400m, took 1.5 million working hours to build and its teak decks are big enough to cover half a football pitch.
(20) In the Alcatraz commissary, on two simple teak racks, Ai has provided pre-addressed postcards for the 5,000 tourists a day who traipse through the prison, inviting them to write to the crusaders languishing in jails like this one, or the one he found himself in just three years ago.
Team
Definition:
(n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
(n.) Hence, a number of animals moving together.
(n.) Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like.
(n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
(n.) A flock of wild ducks.
(n.) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
(v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
(v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber.
Example Sentences:
(1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
(2) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(3) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
(4) However, as the plan unravels, Professor Marcus's team turn on one another, with painfully (if painfully funny) results.
(5) No report can be taken seriously if its authors weren’t even in Yemen to conduct investigations.” The UN team was not given permission to enter the country.
(6) In Essex, police are putting on extra patrols during and after England's first match and placing domestic violence intelligence teams in police control rooms.
(7) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(8) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
(9) These included: 1) association of infectious processes with other laboratory results; 2) a feeling of integration with the patient and health care team; and 3) the introduction of medical terminology.
(10) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
(11) From November, 1972 to November, 1974 the members of the team of a haemodialysis unit were systematically given Australia antigen immunoglobulin protection.
(12) Four goals, four assists, and constant movement have been a key part of the team’s success.
(13) A man wearing a badge that says "property team" quietly parries some of her points, but chooses not to engage with others.
(14) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(15) It certainly isn’t a good time for the association but we as a team are insisting on this being cleared up transparently and Wolfgang Niersbach, as president, is part of that.
(16) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
(17) We asked our team to design the 22nd century newsroom.
(18) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(19) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
(20) A team-oriented problem-solving procedure using management project teams was developed to improve quality of care and productivity in a private, nonprofit hospital.