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Noun: pencil lead
  1. Mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
    "She preferred a softer pencil lead for her sketches";
    - lead[2]

Derived forms: pencil leads

Type of: black lead, graphite, plumbago

Part of: lead pencil

Encyclopedia: Pencil lead