Associations to the word «Antimony»

Wiktionary

ANTIMONY, noun. A chemical element (symbol Sb) with an atomic number of 51. The symbol is derived from Latin stibium.
ANTIMONY, noun. The alloy stibnite
ANTIMONY TRICHLORIDE, noun. (inorganic compound) A soft, colourless solid, SbCl3, that has some use as an analytical reagent
ANTIMONY YELLOW, noun. Naples yellow

Dictionary definition

ANTIMONY, noun. A metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats