white lead ore

1. 1.

   a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead

   Synonymscerussite

   Broadermineral

Questions about white lead ore

What does white lead ore mean?

white lead ore means "a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead".

What is another word for white lead ore?

Close synonyms include cerussite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white lead ore a common word?

white lead ore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.