lampblack

English

Alternative forms

lamp-black

Etymology

From lamp +‎ black.

Noun

lampblack (countable and uncountable, plural lampblacks)

An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.

Translations

form of carbon

Finnish: noki (fi)
French: noir de fumée (fr) m
Ido: fumonigro (io)

Irish: smúrabhán m
Latin: fūlīgō f

Verb

lampblack (third-person singular simple present lampblacks, present participle lampblacking, simple past and past participle lampblacked)

(transitive) To blacken using this form of carbon.