The phrase "an oak beam" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a structural element made of oak wood, often in construction or carpentry contexts.
Example: "The architect specified that the roof would be supported by an oak beam for added strength and durability."
Alternatives: "a timber beam" or "an oak plank".
The east wall of the room has a window and door which were originally used at Sulgrave Manor and the fireplace mantel is made of an oak beam, once used at the original priory.
Buy an oak beam 15x15 cm approx. 3 meter (9.8 ft) long.
Purchase bricks according to the size of the fireplace, we will build the whole fireplace in bricks, with an oak beam shoulder.
A central oak beam stretched from the bow to the stern; iron stays held the boilers and engines in place, and two-foot-thick oak timbers surrounded them.
At the other end of the room, perched on a 15-foot horizontal oak beam lodged at chest height between the two main walls, is a fibreglass elf, the size of a child.
Oak Beam Cottage is a short drive from Southwold in the pretty village of Eye; a two-night break costs £250 through CV Travel (020 7401 1086; cvtravel.co.uk) 17.
co-op in a prewar limestone and brick building; oak beam ceilings; maintenance $556 , 60 tax-deductible; listed at $339,000, 6 weeks on market (broker: Orrichio & Anderson) Queens MASPETH $550,000 59-16 Flushing Avenue 3-bedroom, 1-full-and-2-half-bath, 83-year-old wood-frame house; enclosed front porch, eat-in kitchen with laundry, finished basement; 50-by-100-ft.
A replacement main beam was made from pitch pine, and the oak beam was repaired.
Parliament was suspended after the 12ft-long and 1ft-thick oak beam came loose and swung over the heads of MSPs.
Part of the house is said to date to medieval times, and the main oak beam in the living room has larch tongue-and-groove joints, which were fashionable in the 1620s and are rare today.
$900,000 to $1.2 million Tuckahoe $1.1 million3888 Crestwood Avenue Number of bedrooms: 6 Number of full bathrooms: 4 Number of half bathrooms: 2 Time on the market: 9.5 months 77-year-old Tudor; entry hall, living room with fireplace, butler's pantry, oak beam ceilings, 0.32-acre lot; taxes $9,958; listed at $1.175 million.
