(of wood, esp oak) having a dark colour and distinctive grain from exposure to ammonia fumes
fumed in American English
(fjuːmd)
adjective
darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes, as oak and other wood
Word origin
[1605–15; fume + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ferrule, gothic, ideal, inverse, turnover-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, integrated, loaded, truncated, unattended
Examples of 'fumed' in a sentence
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These generations bought furniture from time to time: mahogany and fumed oak from the big London stores.
Patrick O'Brian Richard Temple
A road safety campaigner fumed yesterday: 'I despair.
The Sun (2008)
Inside, it is a dark sanctuary made from fumed oak.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The floorboards are fumed oak and the island unit is wrapped in amber onyx.