red lead
A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramicsA bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
» The red LED is still blinking.
Die rote LED blinkt immer noch. — Ioan_Cristian
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2 senses(uncountable)A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
(dated, slang, uncountable)Tomato ketchup.
Examples
2 sentencesThe red LED is still blinking.
deDie rote LED blinkt immer noch. — Ioan_Cristian
The red LED still blinks.
deDie rote LED blinkt immer noch. — Ioan_Cristian
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics:minium
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.