fumed oak

English

Noun

fumed oak (uncountable)

1. oak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes to darken its color.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

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

Translations

oak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes

• Irish: dair ghalaithe f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} морёный дуб m (morjónyj dub)