lead chromate
[ led ]
/ lɛd /
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noun Chemistry.
a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO4, toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
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Origin of lead chromate
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby lead chromate
Leadbeater's cockatoo, Leadbelly, lead block, lead by the nose, lead carbonate, lead chromate, lead colic, lead dioxide, lead down the garden path, leaded, leaden
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British Dictionary definitions for lead chromate
lead chromate
/ (lɛd) /
noun
chem a yellow solid used as a pigment, as in chrome yellow. Formula: PbCrO 4
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