Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun soot
1 sense of soot
Sense 1
carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock -- (a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink)
=> carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb soot
1 sense of soot
Sense 1
soot -- (coat with soot)
=> coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")