soot-black

1. 1.

   of the black color of soot

   Synonymssooty-black

   Similarachromatic

Questions about soot-black

What does soot-black mean?

soot-black means "of the black color of soot".

How many syllables are in soot-black?

soot-black has 2 syllables: soot--black. The stress falls on "soot-".

What is another word for soot-black?

Close synonyms include sooty-black. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soot-black a common word?

soot-black is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.