Lamp-black
[lamp-blak] /ˈlæmpˌblæk/
noun
1.
a fine pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
/ˈlæmpˌblæk/
noun
1.
a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds, such as natural gas, used in making carbon electrodes and dynamo brushes and as a pigment
n.
pigment made from pure, fine carbon, originally from the soot produced by burning oil in lamps, 1590s, see lamp.
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