'Lampblack' definitions:
Definition of 'lampblack'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Lampblack'
From: GCIDE
- 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]