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LEAD PENCIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lead pencil mean?
• LEAD PENCIL (noun)
The noun LEAD PENCIL has 1 sense:
1. pencil that has graphite as the marking substance
Familiarity information: LEAD PENCIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pencil that has graphite as the marking substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lead pencil" is a kind of...):
pencil (a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood)
Meronyms (parts of "lead pencil"):
lead; pencil lead (mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil)
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