Crayon
[ˈkreɪən]
Definition
(noun.) writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing.
(verb.) write, draw, or trace with a crayon.
Checker: Sumner--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders.
(n.) A crayon drawing.
(n.) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
(v. t.) To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
Typist: Sonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pencil.[2]. Drawing made with a crayon.
Inputed by Chris
Definition
n. a pencil made of chalk or pipeclay variously coloured used for drawing: a drawing done with crayons.—v.t. to draw with a crayon.—In crayons of a picture made by crayons.
Edited by Denny
Examples
- She had taken a crayon from the tutor's desk, and was drawing little leaves, fragments of pillars, broken crosses, on the margin of the book. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Shirley dropped her crayon as if it burned her fingers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old latticed windows, the stone porch, the walls, the roof, the chimney-stacks, were rich in crayon touches and sepia lights and shades. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miniatures, half-lengths, whole-lengths, pencil, crayon, and water-colours had been all tried in turn. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I was to finish the crayon of Beth for you, and you were to go properly with me, and return our neighbors' visits. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I do not know what would become of my crayons and my instrument, if I had half so many applicants. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Mamie