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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
Sense 1
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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