carbon black
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noun
any of various finely divided forms of amorphous carbon prepared by the partial combustion of hydrocarbons, as of natural gas, or by charring wood, bones, or other plant or animal tissues: used in pigments, as reinforcing agents in the manufacture of rubber products, and as clarifying or filtering agents.
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Nearby words
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Origin of carbon black
First recorded in 1885–90
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Examples from the Web for carbon black
Of course cotton sheeting in liquid oxygen is not quite as good an explosive as carbon-black, which they used down in the mine.
Scrimshaw|William Fitzgerald JenkinsIt is generally admitted that carbon-black forms the bulk of all these.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney FarnsworthThe spots are carbon-black and have none of the vermilion and purple colors that characterize the brook trout.
Fly Fishing in Wonderland|Klahowya
British Dictionary definitions for carbon black
carbon black
noun
a black finely divided form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion of natural gas or petroleum: used to reinforce rubber and in the manufacture of pigments and ink
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