lead nitrate

noun

ˈled-

: a poisonous soluble crystalline salt Pb(NO₃)₂ obtained by reaction of lead or a lead compound with nitric acid and used chiefly in making other lead salts and in fireworks

also : any of several closely related basic salts

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