sooty

• يصف شيئًا مغطى بالسخام أو شبيهًا به، وهو مادة سوداء مسحوقية تتكوّن من الاحتراق غير الكامل.

Describes something covered with or resembling soot, a black powdery substance produced by incomplete combustion.

1. Black as coalB2formal

   Of a very dark, black color, resembling jet or coal.

   أسود كالفحم

   • The cat had a sooty black coat that gleamed in the moonlight.
   • The sky turned a sooty gray before the storm.
   • He wore a sooty black suit to the funeral.

   المرادفاتblackcoal-blackebonyinkyjet-blackpitch-blacksable

   الأضدادmilkysnowywhite

2. Covered with sootB2formal

   Having a layer of black carbon dust, typically from smoke or fire.

   مُغطَّى بالسُّخام

   • The chimney sweep's face was sooty after a long day's work.
   • The old fireplace left the walls sooty and stained.
   • She wiped the sooty residue from the window sill.

   المرادفاتblackenedgrimysmutty

   الأضدادcleanspotless