Synonyms for soot

Most common

carbon black · lamp-black · smoke

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Related words

Phrases

soot wart

Forms

Plural

soots → lamp-blacks, smuts, crocks, smokes…

Example sentences

• smoke Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

smut¹

5 letters

smoke¹, crock¹