conté crayon

Variant of conté

conté definition

con·té (kän′tā, -tē)

noun

a hard crayon made of clay and graphite, usually black, gray, or brown
also called conté crayon

Etymology: < Conté, a trademark for such a crayon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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