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PENCIL LEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pencil lead mean?
• PENCIL LEAD (noun)
The noun PENCIL LEAD has 1 sense:
1. mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
Familiarity information: PENCIL LEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
lead; pencil lead
Hypernyms ("pencil lead" is a kind of...):
black lead; graphite; plumbago (used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors)
Holonyms ("pencil lead" is a part of...):
lead pencil (pencil that has graphite as the marking substance)
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