Soot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The fine black particles, chiefly composed of carbon, produced by incomplete combustion of coal, oil, wood, or other fuels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
  • v. To cover or dress with soot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See smoke.
  • v. To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot.
  • adj. Sweet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke.
  • To mark, cover, or treat with soot.
  • Middle English forms of sweet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
  • v. coat with soot
  • Equivalent
    soote   
    Verb Form
    sooted    sooting    soots   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    c    carbon    atomic number 6    surface    coat   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    smoke   
    Form
    sooted    sooting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Sweet    carbon    smut    crock    coom    fuliginosity    lampblack   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Foot    afoot    caput    foot    pussyfoot    put    underfoot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    grime    grease    dirt    charcoal    ash    sawdust    filth    sulfur    grit    cinder