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fumed oak

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

Noun

fumed oak (uncountable)

  1. oak 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

Questions about fumed oak

What does fumed oak mean?
Fumed oak means oak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes to darken its color.
What part of speech is fumed oak?
Fumed oak is a noun.

Words near fumed oak in the dictionary

  1. fume date
  2. fume dates
  3. fume hood
  4. fume hoods
  5. fumed
  6. fumed oak
  7. fumehood
  8. fumehoods
  9. fumeless
  10. fumelessness
  11. fumelike

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