gas black

American  

noun

1. the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.

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gas black British  

noun

1. finely powdered carbon produced by burning natural gas. It is used as a pigment in paints, etc

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Etymology

Origin of gas black

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Turkish authorities claimed one person was killed and five wounded in the clashes after Greek police and border units fired tear gas, black bullets and live rounds at a group of migrants gathered between the Turkish and Greek gates of Pazarkule and Kastanies.

From Fox News

Green Books were actually a thing, where if you were black, you would travel up and down the East Coast and all throughout the United States of America, there were a book that you could get that would allow you to see where were the black gas stations, and black gas, black gas stations, hotels, restaurants you could go to, so you'd be safe, so you didn't have a choice, right?

From Salon

Black grounds may be formed either from lamp black or ivory black, but ivory black is preferable to lamp black, and possibly carbon black or gas black to either.

From Project Gutenberg

After discovering this gas, Black made a long series of experiments, by which he was able to show how widely it was distributed throughout nature.

From Project Gutenberg