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smut

The correct spelling is smut.

How to pronounce smut

/smʌt/
noun

IPA: /smʌt/

Say it like: Smu-t

The correct spelling is smut. Soot. For example: "to smut grain for the mill"

Usage Examples

to smut grain for the mill

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Soot.
  2. 2.A flake of ash or soot.
  3. 3.Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
  4. 4.Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
  5. 5.Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.

verb

  1. 1.To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
  2. 2.To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
  3. 3.To become tainted by the smut fungus.
  4. 4.To clear of the smut fungus.

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