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crayon

[ krey-on, -uhn ]

noun

  1. a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
  2. a drawing in crayons.


verb (used with object)

  1. to draw or color with a crayon or crayons.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a drawing with crayons.

crayon

/ ˈkreɪən; -ɒn /

noun

  1. a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment
  2. a drawing made with crayons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to draw or colour with crayons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcrayonist, noun
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Other Words From

  • crayon·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crayon1

1635–45; < French, equivalent to craie chalk (< Latin crēta clay, chalk) + -on noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crayon1

C17: from French, from craie, from Latin crēta chalk
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Example Sentences

An abandoned jigsaw puzzle was unfinished at the dining room table, and children’s drawings and a note in red crayon wishing for a “wonderful life” clung to the refrigerator.

I’ll take out my own purple crayon and attempt to magic a coherent film review into existence out of this profoundly odd and offputting film.

When schools resumed, they packed crayons and school bags and bound books.

From BBC

I love that a lot of fans of TV shows think of characters as like crayons that you can just pick up and use.

In an early scene Torres, playing a version of himself, pitches Crayola executives on a crayon for “the color clear,” which he suggests naming after the Spanish word for “ghosts.”

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