red lead

1. 1.

   a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

   Synonymsminium

   Broaderoxide

Questions about red lead

What does red lead mean?

red lead means "a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics".

What is another word for red lead?

Close synonyms include minium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red lead a common word?

red lead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.