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Lead is a material used in pencils. What is another meaning of the homograph lead?

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Answer:

graphite

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The word lead is often used to mean part of a pencil that make marks, but in reality, this material is graphite. The word lead is derived from the Old English word lead, which meant the metal we are familiar with, today.

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