Crayon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crayon is a noun meaning A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
Meaning
A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
More Meanings
- (ambitransitive) To draw with a crayon.
- (obsolete) A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
- (dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
- (dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
Example Sentences
Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon.
But on the wall hung two fine crayons, representing Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette — pictures which she recognized as having hung in the corridor of the Tuileries — and in front of them were burning two candles on a species of rude altar.
Word Forms
- crayons
- crayoning
- crayonning
- crayoned
- crayonned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include marker, stylus, pencil, eyeliner, conte, pen.
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