: a black substance formed by combustion or separated from fuel during combustion, rising in fine particles, and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke
especially
: the fine powder consisting chiefly of carbon that colors smoke
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 19 June 2024
It's commonly known as soot and is produced by industry, vehicle traffic and wood burning, the sort that's been popular across Phoenix in recent weeks among owners of fireplaces and fire pits.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
Gas clouds are 99 percent gas; the other 1 percent is dust, a fine soot mixed with the gas so thoroughly that a map of the dust is more or less a map of the gas.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Rhaenyra, her face covered in soot, stands on the shore of Shipbreaker Bay at Storm’s End, where her son departed before getting chomped out of the sky.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
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Noun
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and almost every site in New York were flagged as having soot ash and dirt in the samples, according to the study.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 19 June 2024
It's commonly known as soot and is produced by industry, vehicle traffic and wood burning, the sort that's been popular across Phoenix in recent weeks among owners of fireplaces and fire pits.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
Gas clouds are 99 percent gas; the other 1 percent is dust, a fine soot mixed with the gas so thoroughly that a map of the dust is more or less a map of the gas.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Rhaenyra, her face covered in soot, stands on the shore of Shipbreaker Bay at Storm’s End, where her son departed before getting chomped out of the sky.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
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“Soot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soot. Accessed 8 Jul. 2024.
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