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Noun: lampblack  'lamp,blak
  1. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
    - carbon black, soot, smut, crock

Derived forms: lampblacks

Type of: atomic number 6, C, carbon

Encyclopedia: Lampblack