noun / verb
crayon
KRAY-un/ˈkreɪən/
A colored wax stick used for drawing, or to draw with one.
The child draws a red flower with a wax crayon.
Etymology
French crayon originally meant a chalk pencil and was based on craie, “chalk.” The name extended to colored drawing sticks made from other materials, including the wax stick familiar today.
In context
a grease uh a crayon pencil and they could mark on this plexiglas surface
More examples
- She crayons flowers along the edge of the paper.
- Broken crayons fill the small box.
- He has crayoned a bright sun above the house.
Forms
crayon · crayons · crayoned · crayoning