1
: a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing
2
: a crayon drawing
crayoned; crayoning; crayons
: to draw with a crayon
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Noun
The drawing is done in crayon.
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Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Children and their parents go on an expedition to learn about the insects in the garden, with a magnifying glass, pencil and crayons to record their findings.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
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Their toddler may be scribbling or enthusiastically whipping crayons across drywall by this point.
—Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Children and their parents go on an expedition to learn about the insects in the garden, with a magnifying glass, pencil and crayons to record their findings.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Children tape crayoned train drawings to the corridor walls and make soap artwork on the windows.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
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“Crayon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crayon. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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crayon
1 of 2 noun
cray·on
ˈkrā-ˌän 
-ən;
ˈkran
: a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing
crayon
2 of 2 verb
: to draw or color with a crayon
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