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SOOTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sootiness mean?
• SOOTINESS (noun)
The noun SOOTINESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being dirty with soot
Familiarity information: SOOTINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being dirty with soot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
smuttiness; sootiness
Hypernyms ("sootiness" is a kind of...):
dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)
Derivation:
sooty (covered with or as if with soot)
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