: 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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Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
But the new device also increases the amount of fine soot or dust emanating from the plant, potentially health-harming pollution known as particulate matter that can lodge deeply in human lungs.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
Burn is making an ambitious bid to fight deforestation and reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and health-damaging soot with one simple solution: making affordable electric cook stoves.
—Katarina Höije, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Noun
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
But the new device also increases the amount of fine soot or dust emanating from the plant, potentially health-harming pollution known as particulate matter that can lodge deeply in human lungs.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
Burn is making an ambitious bid to fight deforestation and reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and health-damaging soot with one simple solution: making affordable electric cook stoves.
—Katarina Höije, TIME, 30 May 2024
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“Soot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soot. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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