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red lead

red lead noun: a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.

red lead: a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics
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Noun

red lead (uncountable)

  1. A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
  2. (dated, slang) Tomato ketchup.
    • Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers].2003, The Four Stack APDs: The Famed Green Dragons, page 54

red lead meaning in Tamil, Punjabi and Sanskrit

red lead in Tamil

ஈயச் செந்தூரம், செவ்வீயம், செவ்வியவொட்சைட்டு

red lead in Punjabi

red lead; minium
ਸੰਧੂਰ sandhūr

red lead in Sanskrit

red lead; vermilion
दरद darada
red lead
सौभाग्य sáubhāgya

Synonyms of red lead

Questions about red lead

What does red lead mean?
Red lead means a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
What is red lead in Tamil?
Red lead in Tamil is ஈயச் செந்தூரம், செவ்வீயம், செவ்வியவொட்சைட்டு. See Red lead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red lead?
Red lead is a noun.

Words near red lead in the dictionary

  1. Red Lake
  2. Red Lake County
  3. Red Lake Falls
  4. red lane
  5. red lanes
  6. red lead
  7. red leaf
  8. red leaves
  9. red Leb
  10. red leg
  11. red legs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red lead (page history and authors); red lead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੰਧੂਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); दरद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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