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pencil leads

pencil leads is the plural of pencil lead.

Meaning of pencil lead

Noun

pencil lead (countable and uncountable, plural pencil leads)

  1. The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.

Questions about pencil leads

What is pencil leads the plural of?
Pencil leads is the plural of pencil lead.

Words near pencil leads in the dictionary

  1. pencil holders
  2. pencil in
  3. pencil ladder
  4. pencil ladders
  5. pencil lead
  6. pencil leads
  7. pencil moustache
  8. pencil moustaches
  9. pencil mustache
  10. pencil mustaches
  11. pencil neck

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