Synonyms:
carbon_black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock
Meaning: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
soot
Meaning: coat with soot
Usage examples
You could rub soot from the chimney all over my face and hands.
They lift themselves out of the fog and smoke and soot, and seem to struggle toward the blue.
Nothing, however, appeared to have been touched or disturbed, and there was no soot on the floor.
"It consists of a lot of shavings, sawdust and, what's more, a lot of soot and lampblack that we used in mixing some paint.
But she was finally convinced that Missy Sylvia could carry out the plan, and agreed to have a large quantity of soot ready at her mother's cabin the next morning.
He dug a mass of red paint from his left ear, removed a mass of soot from his right cheek, and, shaking his fist, which was alternately striped red and black, cried out in a rage:
He settled the cap more firmly upon his head, spat upon his hands, and once more stooping in the fireplace, gave a leap, and up the chimney he went with a rattle of loose mortar and a black trickle of soot.