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plumbostannite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plum-bostan-nite
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From plumbo- + stann- + -ite.

Usage

Questions

What does plumbostannite mean?
A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.
Where does plumbostannite come from?
From plumbo- + stann- + -ite.

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