smuts

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
  2. noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
  3. noun destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

Synonyms

Jan Christian Smuts

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