crayon
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
a drawing in crayons.
to draw or color with a crayon or crayons.
to make a drawing with crayons.
Origin of crayon
1Other words from crayon
- cray·on·ist, noun
Words Nearby crayon
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How to use crayon in a sentence
Crawford, the second commanding officer, a few minutes earlier had come to give us some coloring paper and crayons.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III | Yariel Valdés González | July 21, 2021 | Washington BladeHalf of Blade Wynne’s drawings are in pencil and the others in crayon, a natural medium for someone who teaches second-graders.
In the galleries: Works of art emerge via waking up with a word in mind | Mark Jenkins | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostIn fact their approach has as much in common with “style transfer” techniques — redrawing images in an impressionistic, crayon and arbitrary other fashions — than with deepfakes as they are commonly understood.
I felt it when as a child I picked out the crayons that I thought most closely resembled my skin tone and my father’s and felt great relief that they were, at least, both brown.
I Didn't Consider My Marriage Interracial. But I Wasn't Being Totally Honest With Myself | Naima Coster | March 4, 2021 | TimeThat experience of aroma-evoked memory became known as the Proust phenomenon, familiar to anyone who’s lost track of the present after burying their nose in a box of crayons.
Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken | Jen Rose Smith | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Consider a song like “crayon” by G-Dragon, a member of the boy band Big Bang.
A crude label, written in red crayon and held on with tape, read , “Friedrich Wilhelm Ier, der Soldaten König.”
The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler | Robert Edsel | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe examined the other coffins, each with its crude red crayon label held on with tape.
The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler | Robert Edsel | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe opens a letter from his daughter, scrawled in uneven crayon: “Dear Daddy, can I come see you soon?”
At six, I told my mother - proudly and with half-eaten crayon on my face - that "children were yucky and dogs were better."
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories | Harry Siegel | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThis crayon "enlargement" presented John with very black skin and spotless white hair.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHe used a machine called a physionotrace which enabled him to make profile drawing in white chalk and in crayon.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyOne certain stroke of the crayon is worth a hundred lines, each approaching the right one.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterAnd with a crayon he made drawings on the wainscot of the room.
Art in England | Dutton Cook
British Dictionary definitions for crayon
/ (ˈkreɪən, -ɒn) /
a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment
a drawing made with crayons
to draw or colour with crayons
Origin of crayon
1Derived forms of crayon
- crayonist, noun
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