sooty
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| —adj , sootier, sootiest | |
| 1. | covered with soot |
| 2. | resembling or consisting of soot |
| 'sootily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sootiness | |
| —n | |
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Sooty
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Sooty terns are easily disturbed by human activity, and repeated disturbance may result in permanent abandonment.
Some coals are particularly smoky, sooty or otherwise undesirable, while others burn cleaner.
The sooty mold is a sign that insect pests have attacked the plant.
The ants cultivate the fungus, turning it into a sooty mold that acts as living cement, reinforcing the structure of their traps.
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