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crayon
[ krey-on, -uhn ]
noun
- a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- a drawing in crayons.
verb (used with object)
- to draw or color with a crayon or crayons.
verb (used without object)
- to make a drawing with crayons.
crayon
/ ˈkreɪən; -ɒn /
noun
- a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment
- a drawing made with crayons
verb
- to draw or colour with crayons
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԾ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- o· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crayon1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crayon1
Example Sentences
When one of her enslaved piglets colors a picture with crayons, she turns him into a pork chop.
It’s so obvious, it’s practically unconscious — like being told to crayon a great painting and selecting the “Mona Lisa.”
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.
No one had yet gotten to a second-floor classroom that was in disarray, with crayons, books and papers dumped on the floor and chairs overturned.
An abandoned jigsaw puzzle was unfinished at the dining room table, and children’s drawings and a note in red crayon wishing for a “wonderful life” clung to the refrigerator.
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