noun
crayon
KRAY-on
noun
1
A stick of colored wax or chalk used for drawing.
"The kindergartner colored the whole page with a red crayon."
verb
1
To draw or color using a crayon.
"She crayoned a picture of her family for her grandmother."
How to Use Crayon
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA wax or chalk stick for drawing, most associated with children's art.
Common pairings
box of crayons
crayon drawing
Word Forms
crayoned past tense, crayonned past tense, crayons plural, crayons singular
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Etymology
From French crayon, "pencil," from craie, "chalk," ultimately from Latin creta, "chalk" or "clay."