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ANTIMONIAL LEAD

Dictionary entry overview: What does antimonial lead mean?

• ANTIMONIAL LEAD (noun)
The noun ANTIMONIAL LEAD has 1 sense:

1. a lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony

Familiarity information: ANTIMONIAL LEAD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANTIMONIAL LEAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

antimonial lead; hard lead

Hypernyms ("antimonial lead" is a kind of...):

atomic number 82; lead; Pb (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antimonial lead"):

grid metal (a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries)

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