Soot
11soot — [sut] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: sot] black powder that is produced when something is burnt >sooty adj …
12soot — ► NOUN ▪ a black powdery or flaky substance produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter. ORIGIN Old English …
13Soot — For other uses, see Soot (disambiguation). Emission of soot from a large diesel truck, without particle filters Soot (   …
14soot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sōt; akin to Old Irish suide soot, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century a black substance formed by combustion or separated from fuel during combustion, rising in fine particles,… …
15soot — sootless, adj. sootlike, adj. /soot, sooht/, n. 1. 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: also …
16soot — [[t]s ʊt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Soot is black powder which rises in the smoke from a fire and collects on the inside of chimneys. ... a wall blackened by soot …
17soot — /sʊt / (say soot) noun 1. a black carbonaceous substance produced during the imperfect combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. –verb (t) 2. to mark, cover …
18Soot — Recorded in a surprising number of spellings including Soth, Sother, Sotheron, Southers, Southern, South, Soutt, Soot, Soots, Sowte and Zute (!), this ancient English surname is residential. It describes someone who came from the south . This may …
19soot — [OE] Soot is etymologically that which ‘sits’ on something – that is, a film which settles on a surface. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sōtam, which was descended from the Indo European base *sōd , *sed ‘sit’ (source also of English… …
20soot — sÊŠt n. black powdery substance produced during the burning of coal or wood or other materials v. cover with soot …
