|
|
1. (n.) lampblack
a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning carbonaceous materials.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
|
| Definition of 'lampblack' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
|
| Definition of 'lampblack' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) lampblack
the fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'lampblack' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of lampblack 
