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1. (n.) soot
a black carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles that adhere to and blacken surfaces on contact.
2. (v.t.) soot
to mark, cover, or treat with soot.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE sōt)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
2. (verb) soot
coat with soot
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1. (noun) soot
black powder produced from sth that is burning
His face was covered in soot.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) soot
alt. of Soote
2. (noun) soot
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
3. (verb) soot
to cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. soot
A dark powdery deposit of unburned fuel residues, composed mainly of amorphous CARBON and some HYDROCARBONS, that accumulates in chimneys, automobile mufflers and other surfaces exposed to smoke. It is the product of incomplete combustion of carbon-rich organic fuels in low oxygen conditions. It is sometimes called lampblack or carbon black and is used in INK, in rubber tires, and to prepare CARBON NANOTUBES.
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Sense: the black powder left after the burning of coal etc.
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 Afrikaans: roet |
 Arabic: سِناج، سُخام، شَحّار |
 Bulgarian: сажди |
 Brazilian: fuligem |
 Czech: saze |
 German: der Ruß |
 Danish: sod |
 Greek: καπνιά |
 Spanish: hollín |
 Estonian: nõgi |
 Farsi: دوده |
 Finnish: noki |
 French: suie |
 Hebrew: פִּיחַ |
 Hindi: काजल, कजली, कज्जल, कालिख |
 Croatian: čađa, gar |
 Hungarian: korom |
 Indonesian: jelaga |
 Icelandic: sót |
 Italian: fuliggine |
 Japanese: すす |
 Korean: 검댕 |
 Lithuanian: suodžiai |
 Latvian: kvēpi; sodrēji |
 Malay: jelaga |
 Dutch: roet |
 Norwegian: sot |
 Polish: sadza |
 Persian: دوده |
 Pashto: دوده |
 Portuguese: fuligem |
 Romanian: funingine |
 Russian: сажа |
 Slovak: sadza |
 Slovenian: saje |
 Serbian: čađ |
 Swedish: sot |
 Thai: เขม่า |
 Turkish: kurum, is |
 Taiwanese: 煤(煙)灰 |
 Ukrainian: сажа, кіптява |
 Urdu: کالک |
 Vietnamese: bồ hóng |
 Chinese: 煤（烟）灰 |
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