soot
soot (so̵ot, so̵̅o̅t)
noun
a black substance consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by the incomplete combustion of burning matter
Etymology: ME < OE sot, akin to MDu soet < IE base *sed-, to sit: basic sense “what settles”
transitive verb
to cover, soil, or treat with soot
Converse of object
- produce: Christmas trees also produce an oily soot which may damage the fireplace.
- use: Once used, soot is blown into the flat ruining recent redecoration work.
- remove: Soot To clean up soot, use a vacuum cleaner to remove any loose soot.
- blacken: Inside was a soot blackened room some ten foot square.
- accumulate: And the black was centuries of accumulated soot and the white was the contribution from London's pigeons.
- leave: They also tend to leave an oily soot in the chimney.
Converse of subject
- blacken: The railroad was worked with old engines and ancient carriages always blackened by soot from the journey through the tunnel.
Adjective modifier
- black: There does not appear to be any ' black soot ' on the leaves.
- less: Gasoline engines produce more carbon monoxide but much less soot than diesel engines.
- oily: They also tend to leave an oily soot in the chimney.
- airborne: Diesel powered trucks and busses are primary sources of airborne soot in the United States.
Modifies a noun
- particle: The main source of dust in smokers lungs is carbon soot particles from the burning of tobacco.
- formation: However, soot formation is currently poorly represented within fire models.
- deposit: After years of use an old chimney can suffer attack from heat and soot deposits that erode mortar joints.
- distribution: The model involves keeping track of the moments of the soot particle size distribution function ( PSDF ).
- mark: Then, just round the corner a soot mark, a ladder, familiarity: wet cheeks rift.
- size: The model involves keeping track of the moments of the soot particle size distribution function ( PSDF ).
Preposition: in
- chimney: They also tend to leave an oily soot in the chimney.
Preposition: from
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack.
