English Explanatory Dictionary

soot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/suːt/ /sʊt/ /sʉt/ /sʌt/ en-us-soot.ogg

Word forms

soot soots sooting sooted

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (“soot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with dated Dutch zoet (“soot”), German Low German Soot (“soot”), Danish sod (“soot”), Swedish sot (“soot”), Icelandic sót (“soot”). Compare similar ō-grade formation the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Irish suide (“soot”) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai (“soot”), and Proto-Slavic *saďa (“soot”) (Russian са́жа (sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда (sážda)).

Synonyms

lampblack

Related words

carbon black

Derived words

besoot sootbag sootball soot blower soot devil sooted sooten sooterkin sootflake sootish sootless sootlike soot-oh sootproof soot-proof soot wart sooty
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