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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink;
[syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lampblack \Lamp"black`\, n. [Lamp + black.] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lampblack n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock]