Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the introductory section of a story;
- Example: "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"[syn: lead, lead-in, lede]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lede
n 1: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing
lead-in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead, lead-in,
lede]