lampblack (countable and uncountable, plural lampblacks)
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
lampblack (third-person singular simple present lampblacks, present participle lampblacking, simple past and past participle lampblacked)
(transitive) To blacken using this form of carbon.
Source: Wiktionary
Lamp"black`, n. Etym: [Lamp + black.]
Definition: The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
