pencil lead
pencil lead · pencil leads
графит, грифель
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The material which allows a pencil to workThe 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.
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Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Mine
графи́тgrafít, гри́фельgrífelʹ
More definitions
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
Examples
5 sentencesWhy are '0.3' pencil leads so expensive?
Could you lend me a few mechanical pencil leads?
My pencil lead broke.
The pencil lead broke.
Ziri asked Rima for a pencil lead.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
graphite refill for writing tool:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
graphite refill for writing tool:
Forms
plural: pencil leads| Singular | pencil lead |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil:lead-n
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable