crayon

(krāən, -än′)

noun

  1. a small stick of chalk, charcoal, or colored wax, used for drawing, coloring, or writing
  2. a drawing made with crayons

Origin: Fr, pencil < craie, chalk < L creta, chalk, white earth, prob. < (terra) creta, sifted (earth) < pp. of cernere, to sift: see crisis

transitive verb

to draw or color with crayons

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See crayon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
  2. A drawing made with one of these sticks.
transitive verb cray·oned, cray·on·ing, cray·ons
To draw, color, or decorate with a stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , diminutive of craie, chalk

Origin: , from Latin crēta

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Related Forms:

  • crayˈon·ist (-ə-nĭst), crayˈon·er (-ə-nər) noun

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