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- Dictionarysoot/sʊt/
noun
- 1. a deep black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
verb
- 1. cover or clog (something) with soot: "you have previously sooted the underside of their plate by holding it over a candle"
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SOOT definition: 1. a black powder composed mainly of carbon, produced when coal, wood, etc. is burned: 2. a black…. Learn more.
The meaning of SOOT is a black substance formed by combustion or separated from fuel during combustion, rising in fine particles, and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; especially : the fine powder consisting chiefly of carbon that colors smoke.
Soot (/ s ʊ t / suut) is a mass of impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. [1] Soot is considered a hazardous substance with carcinogenic properties. [2]
Soot is black powder which rises in the smoke from a fire and collects on the inside of chimneys. The wall is black with soot. American English : soot / ˈsʊt, ˈsut /
SOOT meaning: 1. a black powder composed mainly of carbon, produced when coal, wood, etc. is burned: 2. a black…. Learn more.
Soot definition: a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. See examples of SOOT used in a sentence.
The powdery black stuff that's sometimes created when fuel burns is called soot. A chimney sweep's job is to clean all the soot and ash from inside a chimney. Soot is mostly made of carbon, and it forms when matter burns incompletely.
Definition of soot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a black carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles that adhere to and blacken surfaces on contact. 2. to mark, cover, or treat with soot. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.
Soot definition: The fine black particles, chiefly composed of carbon, produced by incomplete combustion of coal, oil, wood, or other fuels.
