crayon

[ krey-on, -uhn ]

/ ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən /

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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.

Origin of crayon

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

OTHER WORDS FROM crayon

cray·on·ist, noun

Words nearby crayon

Craxi, cray, crayer, crayfish, Crayola, crayon, craythur, craze, crazed, crazy, crazy bone

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Example sentences from the Web for crayon

Consider a song like “Crayon” by G-Dragon, a member of the boy band Big Bang.
Black K-Pop Fans Come Out of the Closet|Sterling Wong|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nail the back piece to the cube and finish with a coat of water-color paint or color with crayon.
Primary Handwork|Ella Victoria Dobbs
It was a crayon portrait of Montanelli, which had come from Rome only a few days before.
The Gadfly|E. L. Voynich
Free-hand crayons are made on Steinbach and other crayon papers, without any photograph as a basis.
Crayon Portraiture|Jerome A. Barhydt

Now transfer to it a design made with soft ink or crayon, or a fresh copper-plate impression.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder
Mr. Laws' large oil portrait, and two other crayon portraits of him in the society halls, and one of myself, are destroyed.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for crayon

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 of crayon

crayonist, noun

Word Origin for crayon

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	crayon
释义	crayon [ krey-on, -uhn ] / ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crayon ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of crayon 1635–45; <French, equivalent to craie chalk (<Latin crēta clay, chalk) + -on noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM crayon cray·on·ist, noun Words nearby crayon Craxi, cray, crayer, crayfish, Crayola, crayon, craythur, craze, crazed, crazy, crazy bone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crayon Consider a song like “Crayon” by G-Dragon, a member of the boy band Big Bang. Black K-Pop Fans Come Out of the Closet\|Sterling Wong\|August 31, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Nail the back piece to the cube and finish with a coat of water-color paint or color with crayon. Primary Handwork\|Ella Victoria Dobbs It was a crayon portrait of Montanelli, which had come from Rome only a few days before. The Gadfly\|E. L. Voynich Free-hand crayons are made on Steinbach and other crayon papers, without any photograph as a basis. Crayon Portraiture\|Jerome A. Barhydt Now transfer to it a design made with soft ink or crayon, or a fresh copper-plate impression. The Invention of Lithography\|Alois Senefelder Mr. Laws' large oil portrait, and two other crayon portraits of him in the society halls, and one of myself, are destroyed. The Story of a Life\|J. Breckenridge Ellis British Dictionary definitions for crayon 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 of crayon crayonist, noun Word Origin for crayon C17: from French, from craie, from Latin crēta chalk Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crayon pastel, crayola
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crayon

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of crayon

OTHER WORDS FROM crayon

Words nearby crayon

Example sentences from the Web for crayon

British Dictionary definitions for crayon

noun

verb

Derived forms of crayon

Word Origin for crayon

Words related to crayon