Thesaurus: lampblack

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
3. 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.
4. The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke ofcarbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in theflame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, withsometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is usedas an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments andcements.
5. n a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink