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The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: graphite, black lead, plumbago
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
графит
(grafit)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Chinese Cantonese:
筆芯 /笔芯
(bat1 sam1)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Chinese Cantonese:
筆鉛 /笔铅
(bat1 jyun4)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Chinese Mandarin:
筆芯 /笔芯
(bǐxīn)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Chinese Mandarin:
筆鉛 /笔铅
(bǐqiān)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Chinese Mandarin:
鉛筆鉛 /铅笔铅
(qiānbǐqiān)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Min Nan Chinese:
鉛筆芯 /铅笔芯
(iân-pit-sim)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Min Nan Chinese:
鉛筆鉛 /铅笔铅
(iân-pit-iân)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Dutch:
stift
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Finnish:
lyijykynän lyijy
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Finnish:
lyijy
— graphite refill for writing tool
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French:
mine
— graphite refill for writing tool
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German:
Mine
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Irish:
luaidhe
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Italian:
mina
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Japanese:
鉛筆の芯
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Korean:
연필심
(yeonpilsim)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Pannonian Rusyn:
оловко
(olovko)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Polish:
grafit do ołówka
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Punjabi:
ਸਿੱਕਾ
(sikkā)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Russian:
графи́т
(grafít)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Russian:
гри́фель
(grífelʹ)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Spanish:
mina
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Spanish:
grafito
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Spanish:
barrita
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Spanish:
punta
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Swedish:
stift
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Zazaki:
tuj (diq)
— graphite refill for writing tool
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Zazaki:
tujê qelem (diq)
— graphite refill for writing tool
