antimony
/ˈæn.tɪ.mə.ni//ˈæn.tɪˌmoʊ.ni/
antimony noun: a chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
Noun
antimony (countable and uncountable, plural antimonies)
- A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
- Deep in the Salmon River Mountains, an Idaho mining company, Perpetua Resources, is proposing a vast open-pit gold mine that would also produce 115 million pounds of antimony — an element that may be critical to manufacturing the high-capacity liquid-metal batteries of the future.2021 December 27, Jack Healy, Mike Baker, “As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- stibium
- The alloy stibnite.
- In quality synergistic additives in a composition use oxide antimonies.2005, Al Berlin, Chemical Physics of Pyrolysis, Combustion, and Oxidation, →ISBN, page 21
- Synonyms:
- stibium
antimony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
antimony in Hindi
- chemical element
- अंजन añjan
antimony in Tamil
- chemical element
- அந்திமன் antimaṉ
antimony in Urdu
- کحل, سرمہ
antimony in Bengali
- একটি রাসায়নিক মৌল
More languagesFewer languages
- antimony in Malayalam
- ആന്റിമണി എന്ന മൂലകം
- antimony in Tagalog
- antimonyo
- antimony in Arabic
- إِثْمِد ʔiṯmid, كُحْل kuḥl
- antimony in Malay
- antimoni
- antimony in Indonesian
- antimoni
- antimony in Persian
- انتیموان antimuân, روی سخته ruy saxte, سرمه sorme, زنگلک zangolak
- antimony in Thai
- พลวง pluuang
- antimony in Vietnamese
- antimon
- antimony in Myanmar
- ခနောက်စိမ်း hka.naukcim:
Synonyms of antimony
Forms of antimony
| plural | antimonies |
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Origin of antimony
From Medieval Latin antimonium, attested in the 11th century; see also the Wikipedia section.
Words formed from antimony
- antimonate
- antimonene
- antimonial
- antimonian
- antimoniate
- antimoniated
- antimonic
- antimonide
- antimoniferous
- antimonioso-
- antimonious
- antimonous
- antimonite
- antimoniuret
- antimoniuretted
- antimonoan
- antimony blende
- antimony bloom
- antimony glance
- antimony hydride
- antimonyl
- antimony ocher
- antimony ochre
- antimony oxide
- antimony oxysulfide
- antimony pentachloride
- antimony pentafluoride
- antimony pentasulfide
- antimony pentasulphide
- antimony pentoxide
- antimony quintachloride
- antimony sesquioxide
- antimony sulfide
- antimony sulphide
- antimony tetroxide
- antimony triacetate
- antimony tribromide
- antimony trichloride
- antimony trifluoride
- antimony trihydride
- antimony triiodide
- antimony trioxide
- antimony triselenide
- antimony tritelluride
- antimony vermilion
- antimony white
- antimony yellow
- arsenical antimony
- black antimony
- butter of antimony
- crocus of antimony
- crude antimony
- diantimony
- explosive antimony
- flowers of antimony
- germanium antimony telluride
- glass of antimony
- gray antimony
- liver of antimony
- organoantimony
Phrases with antimony
Questions about antimony
- What does antimony mean?
- Antimony means a chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
- What is antimony in Hindi?
- Antimony in Hindi is अंजन (añjan). See Antimony meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is antimony?
- Antimony is a noun.
- How do you pronounce antimony?
- Antimony is pronounced /ˈæn.tɪ.mə.ni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of antimony?
- The plural of antimony is antimonies.
Words near antimony in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antimony (page history and authors); antimony (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antimony (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antimony (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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