red lead

English

Noun

Red lead powder

red lead (uncountable)

1. A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
2. (military slang, dated) tomato ketchup.
   • 2003, The Four Stack APDs: The Famed Green Dragons, page 54:

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

Synonyms

• lead tetroxide
• minium

Coordinate terms

• white lead

Translations

Pb₃O₄ — see minium

Anagrams

• reladed