Word Meaning

Meaning of smut

- Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
- Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
- Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
- To taint with mildew, as grain.
- To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
- To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
- To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
- To give off smut; to crock.

Crossword clue for smut

- Chimney deposit
- Dirty covering
- Dirty mark
- Dirty matter
- Grime
- Indecent talk
- Indecent writing
- Indelicate slang
- Obscene material
- Particle of soot
- Soot
- Soot flake
- Soot stain
- Soot; obscenity