soot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
    smut; crock; lampblack; carbon black.
  2. verb coat with soot

WordNet

Soot noun
Etymology
OE. sot, AS. st; akin to Icel. st, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. sdis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.
Definitions
  1. 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. of "incomplete" combustion
Soot transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sooted; present participle & verbal noun Sooting
Definitions
  1. To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.
Soot, Soot"e adjective (Also<
  • Soot
  • Soote
)
Etymology
See Sweet.
Definitions
  1. Sweet. Obs. "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer.

Webster 1913