Associations to the word «Lampblack»

Wiktionary

LAMPBLACK, noun. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
LAMPBLACK, verb. (transitive) To blacken using this form of carbon.

Dictionary definition

LAMPBLACK, noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King