grafite — meaning in English

English meaning

• graffiti noun Words, drawings, or designs painted or scratched onto a wall or other public surface, often without permission.
• graphite noun A soft, dark grey form of carbon used in pencil "lead," lubricants, and industrial materials.

Senses

grafite is used for these senses in English:

• graffiti (chiefly, uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
• graphite An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.

graffiti — full definition

1. noun Words, drawings, or designs painted or scratched onto a wall or other public surface, often without permission.
2. verb To mark a surface with such drawings or writing.

graphite — full definition

1. noun A soft, dark grey form of carbon used in pencil "lead," lubricants, and industrial materials.
2. noun A dark grey color resembling graphite.

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