"lampblack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lampblacks [plural]
Etymology: From lamp + black. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lamp|black}} lamp + black Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lampblack (countable and uncountable, plural lampblacks)
  1. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (form of carbon): сажди (saždi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), noki (Finnish), noir de fumée [masculine] (French), fumonigro (Ido), smúrabhán [masculine] (Irish), dubh súiche [masculine] (Irish), fūlīgō [feminine] (Latin), ایس (is) (Ottoman Turkish), قوروم (kurum) (Ottoman Turkish), barwnik sadzowy [masculine] (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lamp-black

Verb

Forms: lampblacks [present, singular, third-person], lampblacking [participle, present], lampblacked [participle, past], lampblacked [past]
Etymology: From lamp + black. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lamp|black}} lamp + black Head templates: {{en-verb}} lampblack (third-person singular simple present lampblacks, present participle lampblacking, simple past and past participle lampblacked)
  1. (transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lampblack-en-verb-94mpEMeB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lamp-black

Inflected forms

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