white lead
A basic lead carbonate, particularly as once widely used for white paint, whitening…A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.
» White lead has been used in artworks since ancient times.
Свинцовые белила используются при изготовлении произведений искусства с древних времён.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A basic lead carbonate, particularly (historical) as once widely used for white paint, whitening cosmetics, and early medicine.
Bleiweiß
свинцо́вые бели́лаsvincóvyje belíla
(obsolete, uncountable)Tin, golden marcasite.
- a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
Examples
1 sentencesWhite lead has been used in artworks since ancient times.
ruСвинцовые белила используются при изготовлении произведений искусства с древних времён. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
In the tin sense, a calque of Latin plumbum album (literally “white lead”), a term alreadyIn the tin sense, a calque of Latin plumbum album (literally “white lead”), a term already in use before our era, for tin and lead were not yet properly distinguished prior to modern times. Compare Latin plumbum candidum (literally “shining-white lead”) and Arabic رَصَاص أَبْيَض (raṣāṣ ʔabyaḍ, “white lead”), both of which were also used to mean “tin” and to distinguish it from lead proper, called “black lead” (plumbum nigrum; رَصَاص أَسْوَد (raṣāṣ ʔaswad)) in those ancient tongues.
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- a poisonous white pigment that contains lead:ceruselead carbonate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable