Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_lead

1 sense of black lead

Sense 1
graphite, black lead, plumbago -- (used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors)
       => carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb black_lead

1 sense of blacklead

Sense 1
blacklead -- (cover with graphite)
       => cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")