Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of fume
adjectivefumed (not comparable)
- not comparableOf wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern.
A customer interrupted her by coming in, in quest of an overmantel, but when Rita by her blandishments had sold a deplorable example in fumed oak, she was again beset with misgivings about letting that old fool get drunk with a dangerous ascent of the stairs to be faced.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 151
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes
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MLA
“fumed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fumed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumed.
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