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lampblack
[ lamp-blak ]
/ ˈlæmpˌblæk /
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noun
a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
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lampblack
/ (ˈlæmpˌblæk) /
noun
a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds, such as natural gas, used in making carbon electrodes and dynamo brushes and as a pigment
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