red lead

red lead

 (lĕd)

n.

A poisonous bright red powder, Pb₃O₄, used in paints, glass, pottery, and packing for pipe joints.

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red lead

(lɛd)

n

(Elements & Compounds) a bright-red poisonous insoluble oxide of lead usually obtained as a powder by heating litharge in air. It is used as a pigment in paints. Formula: Pb3O4. Also called: minium

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red′ lead′

(lɛd)

n.

an orange to red, heavy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb₃O₄, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.

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red lead - a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics minium oxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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