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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

lead′ white′

Fine Arta poisonous pigment used in painting, consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color, covering power, and tough, flexible film-forming properties. Also called Cremnitz white, flake white.

'lead white' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Cremnitz white - flake white - ground - putty - red-lead putty - white lead

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comma in phrase: the high incidence, in white lead factories, of illness

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