Definitions for lead-in

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Spelling: [leed-in]
IPA: /ˈlidˌɪn/

Lead-In is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in lead-in (-adeiln).

Definitions for lead-in

noun

  1. something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
  2. Radio, Television. the connection between an antenna and a transmitter or receiving set. the portion of a program or script that precedes or introduces a commercial.

adjective

  1. (of a conductor) carrying input to an electric or electronic device or circuit, especially from an antenna.

Origin of lead-in

First recorded in 1910-15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase lead in

Examples for lead-in

As soon as the aerial dangled aloft, Lumley got tools to bore a hole in the window-sash for the lead-in wire.

In the bulb is a short tungsten filament wound in the form of a tight spiral, and supported between two lead-in wires.

But before he could squeeze off a round we were out of the lead-in road and on the broad highway.

The lead-in wire which drops to the wireless cabin is attached to the aërial by winding it around each one of the aërial waves.

Then there was an additional coil of wire to be used for lead-in and suspension wires.

Keep antenna lead out of engine compartment to avoid possibility of ignition interference being picked up by the lead-in.

The intruder had taken both aerial and lead-in wire, and Charley hadn't a hundred feet of wire left in the place.

The lead-in for traffic is a cheery: “Now a look at your morning commute.”

As the title suggests, this half-hour program debuts before the sun comes up—at 5:30 a.m. EDT—as the lead-in to Morning Joe.

For the antenna and lead-in and ground wires, Jessie purchased three hundred feet of copper wire, number fourteen.

Word Value for lead-in
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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