smut
SootSoot.
» No one ever said smut was unprofitable.
Meaning
7 senses(uncountable)Soot.
(countable)A flake of ash or soot.
(uncountable)Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
Pornographie
неприличиеnepriličije, поха́бствоpoxábstvo, поха́бщинаpoxábščina
(uncountable)Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
(countable, uncountable)Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
Brand
головня́golovnjá, ржа́вчинаržávčina
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
(countable, uncountable)Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
(archaic, countable, slang)A copper boiler.
Examples
2 sentencesNo one ever said smut was unprofitable.
Where did you get that book? You shouldn't be reading such filthy smut.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirtFrom Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirt, smut”) and schmutzen (“to make dirty, stain”). Doublet of schmutz.
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Forms
plural: smutsSynonyms
13 synonyms- any fungus of the order Ustilaginales:smut fungus
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase:obscenityvulgarismfilthdirty word
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink:carbon blacklampblacksootcrock
- creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire:pornographypornopornerotica
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable