crayon

noun

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cray·on | \ ˈkrā-ˌän

, -ən also ˈkran \

Definition of crayon

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing

2 : a crayon drawing

crayon

verb

crayoned; crayoning; crayons

Definition of crayon (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to draw with a crayon

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Noun The drawing is done in crayon.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun To meet the one million crayon mark, each store will be giving away 6,250 crayon boxes that can be filled with 32 crayons of a person’s choice. — Teri Webster, Dallas News, "Here’s how to get a free pack of 32 crayons at the Crayola store in Plano," 30 Mar. 2021 Kenya's toddler daughter Brooklyn on RHOA, who immediately decorated her New Orleans hotel room and her food with blue crayon. — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, "The Week in 'Wives: RHOA in New Orleans, RHOD in the news, and RHONJ in flux," 3 Apr. 2021 Haus Laboratories Le Monster Matte lip crayon in Warm Pure Red 1950. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "This Is the Lipstick Lady Gaga Wore for Her Inauguration Performance," 21 Jan. 2021 Here's how: Apply one shade all over your mouth, then top it with a slightly lighter color (or even a white lip crayon) in the middle of your lips. — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, "How To Make Your Lips Look Bigger Naturally," 16 Feb. 2021 Valentine’s Art Virtual Workshop — Learn how to incorporate tissue printing, crayon rubbing, watercolor techniques and more into handmade valentines. — Anchorage Daily News, "A roundup of fun, pandemic-safe events happening soon in Anchorage," 4 Feb. 2021 All of which is to say: Is Zachary Levi … the crayon? — Halle Kiefer, Vulture, "Wait, So Who Is Zachary Levi Playing in the Live-Action Harold and the Purple Crayon?," 1 Feb. 2021 Large-scale and geometric, they can be found around the world, having been installed either by the artist himself or by teams of draftspeople, who applied pencil, ink, paint or even crayon directly to a wall following LeWitt’s precise instructions. — New York Times, "The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week," 14 Jan. 2021 The short list includes artist Tyler Gordon, 14, designer and activist Jordan Reeves, 14, world’s first crayon activist Bellen Woodard, 10, and youth hunger activist Ian McKenna, 16. — N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY, "TIME names 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao it's first ever Kid of the Year," 3 Dec. 2020

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