plumbostannite
A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray…A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, uncountable)A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.
Origin
From plumbo- + stann- + -ite.From plumbo- + stann- + -ite.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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