RED-LEAD PUTTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-lead putty mean? 

• RED-LEAD PUTTY (noun)
  The noun RED-LEAD PUTTY has 1 sense:

1. a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings

  Familiarity information: RED-LEAD PUTTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED-LEAD PUTTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("red-lead putty" is a kind of...):

cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)