red lead

noun

A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.

Similar
lead tetroxideminium
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Meanings

nounred lead (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.

    Synonyms: lead tetroxide, minium

  2. datedslanguncountablegovernmentTomato ketchup.

    Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers].

    2003, The Four Stack APDs: The Famed Green Dragons, page 54

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.

Similar
lead tetroxideminium

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
minium
Broader
oxide
Also see
lead tetroxideminium

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

red lead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20lead

MLA

“red lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20lead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red lead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20lead.

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