piombo

Definitions of piombo
  1. noun
    a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
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    type of:
    metallo
    any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
  2. noun
    mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
    synonyms: mina
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    type of:
    grafite
    used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
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