Collocations for "soot"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "soot" in context.
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soot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- soot from the [chimney, fireplace, exhaust pipe]
- a [film, layer] of soot
- soot [coming, billowing] out of the [chimney]
- his [clothes, hands] were (all) covered in soot
- [black, dirty] soot
- as black as soot
- soot from the burning of
- [coal, diesel] soot
- the air was full of soot and [smoke, dust, smog, ash]
- soot from the [volcano, forest fire]
- filled the air with soot
- soot [particles, emissions, pollution]
'soot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):