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Noun: soot  sūt
  1. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
    - carbon black, lampblack, smut, crock
Verb: soot  sūt
  1. Coat with soot

Derived forms: sooting, soots, sooted

See also: sooty

Type of: atomic number 6, C, carbon, coat, surface

Encyclopedia: Soot