Associations to the word «Soot»

Wiktionary

SOOT, noun. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
SOOT, verb. (transitive) To cover or dress with soot.

Dictionary definition

SOOT, noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
SOOT, verb. Coat with soot.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats