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crayon definition

crayon (krā′ən, -än′)

noun

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

Etymology: 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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