sooting

ˈsʊtɪŋ

Definition

Definition of sooting - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

pollution

TECH.

covered with soot

TECH.

The sooting walls indicated a recent fire.

blackened

smoky

producing soot

TECH.

causing or producing soot

TECH.

The sooting chimney needed to be cleaned.

blackening

smoky

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Origin of sooting

Old English, sot (soot) + ing (action)

Examples of sooting in a sentence

His clothes were sooting after working in the factory.
The sooting factory polluted the air.
Sooting engines were common in the industrial era.

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French:encrassés, fuligineux, ...
German:verrußt, rußend, ...
Italian:annerito, fuligginoso, ...
Spanish:ennegrecido, humeante, ...
Portuguese:enegrecido, enfumaçado, ...
Chinese:被烟灰覆盖的, 冒烟的, ...
Japanese:すすで覆われた, すすを出す, ...
Arabic:مُغَطّى بِالسُخام, مُسَوِّد, ...
Hebrew:מְפוּחָם, מַפִּיחַ, ...
Russian:покрытый сажей, коптящий, ...
Ukrainian:закопчений, димний, ...
Hindi:काला, धूम्रपान, ...
Bengali:কালিময়, কালি উৎপাদনকারী, ...
Catalan:ennegrit, ...
Czech:očazený, sazivý, ...
Danish:sodet, sodende, ...
Dutch:berookt, roetend, ...
Greek:καπνισμένος, καπνίζων, ...
Hungarian:kormos, kormoló, ...
Khmer:ប្រឡាក់កំបោរ, បញ្ចេញកំណកខ្មៅ, ...
Korean:그을린, 그을음을 발생시키는, ...
Persian:دوده گرفته, دودزا, ...
Polish:okopcony, kopcący, ...
Portuguese (BR):enegrecido, ...
Romanian:afumat, fumegând, ...
Swedish:sotig, sotande, ...
Thai:มีเขม่า, ปล่อยเขม่า, ...
Turkish:isli, dumanlı, ...
Vietnamese:bị ám muội, bị bám muội, ...

soot

sʌt

Definition of soot - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

combustionfine black particles from flames during incomplete combustion

Soot covered the walls after the fire.

ash

char

cinders

art

TECH.

black substance used in making pigments and ink

TECH.

Soot is used to create black ink.

carbon black

charcoal

lampblack

Verb

tr.

cover with sootcover with a black powdery substance from combustion

The fire sooted the walls of the cabin..

blacken

smudge

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fine black particles from flames during incomplete combustion
black substance used in making pigments and ink

Expressions with soot

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black as soot

adj.

extremely black like soot in color

The night sky was black as soot.

soot-black

adj.

having the deep black color of soot

The cat had soot-black fur.

soot blower

device used to remove soot from boiler tubes

The engineer activated the soot blower to clean the boiler tubes.

Origin of soot

Old English, sōt (soot)

Examples of soot in a sentence

Soot settled on the furniture after the candle burned.
Artists value soot for its deep black color.
Soot is a key ingredient in traditional ink recipes.
The chimney sweep sooted the fireplace.
The old factory sooted the nearby buildings.

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French:suie, encrasser, ...
German:Ruß, rußen, ...
Italian:fuliggine, annerire, ...
Spanish:hollín, ennegrecer, ...
Portuguese:fuligem, fuliginar, ...
Chinese:烟灰, 熏黑, ...
Japanese:すす, すすで覆う, ...
Arabic:سُخَام, سَوَّدَ, ...
Hebrew:פִּיחַ, לְפַיֵּחַ, ...
Russian:сажа, закоптить, ...
Ukrainian:сажа, закоптити, ...
Hindi:कालिख, कालिख से ढकना, ...
Bengali:কালি, কালি লাগানো, ...
Catalan:sutge, ennegrir, ...
Czech:saze, očadit, ...
Danish:sod, sodetilsmudse, ...
Dutch:roet, roet bedekken, ...
Greek:αιθάλη, καπνίζω, ...
Hungarian:korom, bekormozni, ...
Khmer:កំណាត់ផ្សែង, ប្រឡាក់ដោយផ្សែងខ្មៅ, ...
Korean:그을음, 그을리다, ...
Persian:دوده, دود گرفتن, ...
Polish:sadza, okopcić, ...
Portuguese (BR):fuligem, enegrecer, ...
Romanian:funingine, a afuma, ...
Swedish:sot, sota, ...
Thai:เขม่า, ปกคลุมด้วยเขม่า, ...
Turkish:is, is kaplamak, ...
Vietnamese:bồ hóng, phủ đầy bồ hóng, ...

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