Associations to the word «Sooty»

Wiktionary

SOOTY, adjective. Of, relating to, or producing soot

SOOTY, adjective. Soiled with soot

SOOTY, adjective. Of the color of soot

SOOTY, verb. To blacken or make dirty with soot.

SOOTY, adjective. Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.

SOOTY, adjective. Covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney".

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