TOP

Definition of antimony noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

antimony

noun
 
/ˈæntɪməni/
 
/ˈæntɪməʊni/
[uncountable]
(symbol Sb)
jump to other results
  1. a chemical element. Antimony is a silver-white metal that breaks easily, used especially in making alloys.
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting stibnite, the most common ore of the metal): from medieval Latin antimonium, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.
See antimony in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
brink
noun
 
 
From the Topic
Danger
C2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day