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Soots

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

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noun
  1. 1

    Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover or dress with soot.

    "to soot land"

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lampblacknounAn amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
carbon blacknoun(petrochemistry) A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.
smutnoun(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
smootsnounAn unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
stofbergnounA surname from Dutch.
ootennounA surname from Dutch.
ottsnounA surname from Dutch.
smitnoun(transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.
sooternounA surname.
goossensnounA surname from Dutch.
smetnounA surname from Dutch.
oathoutnounA surname from Dutch.
sutphinnounA surname from Dutch.
boersnounA surname from Dutch.
kootnoun(India) The costus plant.
de smetnounA small city, the county seat of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. Also named after Pierre-Jean De Smet.
kootsnounA surname.
kottenbrooknounA surname from Dutch.
boernoun(historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
oortnounA surname from Dutch.

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