grid metal

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   a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries

   Broaderhard lead

Questions about grid metal

What does grid metal mean?

grid metal means "a kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries".

Is grid metal a common word?

grid metal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.