Found 2 hits - Term: lampblack, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lampblack \lamp"black`\, n. lamp + black.
the fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of
carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as
in the flame of a smoking lamp. it consists of finely divided
carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various
impurities. it is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and
various black pigments and cements.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lampblack
n : a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally
of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
syn: carbon black, soot, smut
see also:
carbon black soot smut
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