fumed oak

noun

oak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes to darken its color.

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Meanings

nounfumed oak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableoak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes to darken its color.

    […] the lower half of a fumed-oak newel post.

    1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Translations

Irish dair ghalaithe
  • dair ghalaitheoak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes
Cite this entry
APA

fumed oak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumed%20oak

MLA

“fumed oak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumed%20oak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fumed oak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumed%20oak.

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