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Soot Meaning & Definition
Soot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Soot?

[n] a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
[v] coat with soot

Synonyms | Synonyms for Soot: carbon black | lampblack | smut

Related Terms | Find terms related to Soot:

See Also | atomic number 6 | C | carbon | coat | surface

Soot In Webster's Dictionary

\Soot\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. sot, AS. s?t; akin to Icel. s?t, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s?dis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.] 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}.
\Soot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sooted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sooting}.] To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. --Mortimer.
\Soot\, Soote \Soot"e\, a. [See {Sweet}.] Sweet. [Obs.] ``The soote savour of the vine.'' --Chaucer.

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