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Definition of crayon
1 : a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing
2 : a crayon drawing
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Examples of crayon in a Sentence
The drawing is done in crayon.
Recent Examples of crayon from the Web
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Velvet Matte Lipstick in Ruby Red ($3), which goes on like a crayon and stays super bright.
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Among the crayons, plastic firefighter hats and cookies at the Orlando Fire Department’s open house Saturday were lifesaving tools such as hands-free CPR devices and fire extinguishers.
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Coloring sheets, markers, colored pencils and crayons will be provided.
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Both the contour and the highlight are around the width of a fat crayon, with a pointed tip that makes for precise application.
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After Mrs. Farzan, the landlord’s sister, picked her up and dropped her at home, Nerissa had spent the afternoon in the bath drawing on the tub with crayons.
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Participants will solve a mystery and sing along to discover that America is just like different crayons all in one box.
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Last season the giveaways included 63 bikes, 250 backpacks and countless amounts of pens, pencils, crayons, paper, rulers and erasers.
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The kindergartner was sitting in the Crayon Factory Theatre, listening to a short presentation about how crayons are made.
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Origin and Etymology of crayon
French, crayon, pencil, from diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta
crayon
Definition of crayon
transitive verb
: to draw with a crayon
First Known Use of crayon
1662
CRAYON Defined for English Language Learners
crayon
playDefinition of crayon for English Language Learners
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: a stick of colored wax that is used for drawing
CRAYON Defined for Kids
Definition of crayon for Students
: a stick of colored wax or sometimes chalk used for writing or drawing
Definition of crayon for Students
crayoned
;crayoning
: to draw or color with a crayon
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See words that rhyme with crayon Spanish Central: Translation of crayon Nglish: Translation of crayon for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of crayon for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about crayon
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