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lead-glazed

lead-glazed adjective: glazed with a coating containing lead oxide appearing transparent; or opaque white (tin-glazed) by the addition of tin oxide; or coloured by the addition of other metal oxides.

Adjective

lead-glazed (not comparable)

  1. Glazed with a coating containing lead oxide appearing transparent; or opaque white (tin-glazed) by the addition of tin oxide; or coloured by the addition of other metal oxides.

Questions about lead-glazed

What does lead-glazed mean?
Lead-glazed means glazed with a coating containing lead oxide appearing transparent; or opaque white (tin-glazed) by the addition of tin oxide; or coloured by the addition of other metal oxides.
What part of speech is lead-glazed?
Lead-glazed is an adjective.

Words near lead-glazed in the dictionary

  1. lead, follow, or get out of the way
  2. lead-acid
  3. lead-colored
  4. lead-footed
  5. lead-free
  6. lead-glazed
  7. lead-in
  8. lead-ins
  9. lead-lag
  10. lead-lags
  11. lead-off

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