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lampblacks

lampblacks is the plural of lampblack.

lampblacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lampblack.

Meaning of lampblack

Noun

lampblack (countable and uncountable, plural lampblacks)

  1. An amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks.
    • This Messrs. Greener and Straite allege they have effected by taking a quantity of lampblack or powdered charcoal, or of powdered coke, and which has been purified, by the action of electricity from sulphur and any other mixtures, and digesting the same in diluted nitro-muriatic acid.1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102

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Questions about lampblacks

What is lampblacks the plural of?
Lampblacks is the plural of lampblack.

Words near lampblacks in the dictionary

  1. lampate
  2. lampates
  3. lampblack
  4. lampblacked
  5. lampblacking
  6. lampblacks
  7. lampboard
  8. lampboards
  9. lampbrush
  10. lampbrush chromosome
  11. lampbrush chromosomes

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