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RED-LEAD PUTTY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does red-lead putty mean?

• RED-LEAD PUTTY (noun)
The noun RED-LEAD PUTTY has 1 sense:

1. a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings

Familiarity information: RED-LEAD PUTTY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RED-LEAD PUTTY (noun)

Sense 1

red-lead putty ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("red-lead putty" is a kind of...):

cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)

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