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

verb

1. to draw or colour with crayons

Other Word Forms

• crayonist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crayon¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crayon¹

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

Example Sentences

He jokes that he just adds more “crudely drawn crayon lines and mascara beard” to show his character aging throughout the course of the show.

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She loves to draw, and we have a nice art section in the house featuring everything from crayons to markers, scratch-off art, watercolors and rainbow paints.

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When one of her enslaved piglets colors a picture with crayons, she turns him into a pork chop.

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It’s so obvious, it’s practically unconscious — like being told to crayon a great painting and selecting the “Mona Lisa.”

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The future Queen Elizabeth I was 12 years old at the time — long past the age in which a ghastly crayon drawing of dad would suffice.

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Related Words

• pastel