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单词 plumbiferous
释义

plumbiferous

[ pluhm-bif-er-uhs ]
/ plʌmˈbɪf ər əs /
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adjective

yielding or containing lead.

Origin of plumbiferous

1790–1800; <Latin plumb(um) lead + -i- + -ferous

Words nearby plumbiferous

plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic, Plumbicon, plumbiferous, plumbing, plumbism, plumb joint, plumb line, plumbous
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Example sentences from the Web for plumbiferous

  • Whether he used a plumbiferous, or lead glaze; or a stanniferous, or tin glaze, we do not know.

    The Story of Porcelain|Sara Ware Bassett
  • The Italian writers assert that the use of lead—the plumbiferous glaze—was applied in Urbino as early as 1300.

    Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for plumbiferous

plumbiferous
/ (plʌmˈbɪfərəs) /

adjective

(of ores, rocks, etc) containing or yielding lead
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