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RED LEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red lead mean?
• RED LEAD (noun)
The noun RED LEAD has 1 sense:
1. a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
Familiarity information: RED LEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
minium; red lead
Hypernyms ("red lead" is a kind of...):
oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)
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