Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 29 compound words that contain soot. The most common are listed below. Open soot in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- soot blowerA device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
- soot wartA hyperkeratotic lesion on the scrotum, formerly associated with chimney sweeps.
- soot blowersplural of soot blower: A device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
- soot-ballAlternative form of sootball: A ball of soot or ash.
- soot-proofAlternative spelling of sootproof: Resistant to soot.
- soot wartsplural of soot wart: A hyperkeratotic lesion on the scrotum, formerly associated with chimney sweeps.
- soot-ohThe traditional cry of a chimney sweep advertising his services.
- soot devilA chimney sweep's young assistant who was sent up chimneys to clean them.
- soot devilsplural of soot devil: A chimney sweep's young assistant who was sent up chimneys to clean them.
Compound words 29
- sootyOf, relating to, or producing soot.
- sootballA ball of soot or ash.
- sootenTo cover with soot; make sooty
- sootproofResistant to soot.
- sootbagA bag of soot.
- sooterkinA mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
- besootTo soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.
- sootflakeA flake of soot.
- sootlessWithout soot.
- sootlikeResembling soot or some aspect of it.