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
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
