lead pencil
Misnomer writing tool
A lead pencil is an ordinary pencil—the kind with a graphite core inside a wooden casing.
The name persists from when people believed the marking substance was lead rather than graphite.
The term distinguishes it from mechanical pencils or colored pencils: Do you have a lead pencil I can borrow?
- graphiteCrystalline carbon allotrope
- eraserMark removal tool
- drawCreate with pencil
- sharpenMake keener or finer
- kneaded eraserMalleable eraser for artists
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- misnomerskoala bear, starfish, jellyfish, horned toad, tin foil
- pencils
- writing toolspen, ballpoint pens, fountain pens, gel pens, fountain pen
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Ink-filled writing tool
permanent marker · ballpoint pen · indelible ink · fountain pen · tattoo needle
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Of discrete data
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Fluid-dispensing writing tool
fountain pen · paintbrush · marker · felt-tip pen · quill
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