Crayon Definition

krāŏn, -ən
crayons
noun
crayons
A small stick of chalk, charcoal, or colored wax, used for drawing, coloring, or writing.
Webster's New World
A drawing made with crayons.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
crayons
To draw or color with crayons.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Crayon

Noun

Singular:
crayon
Plural:
crayons

Origin of Crayon

  • Borrowing from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (“(diminutive)”), from Latin creta (“chalk, clay”), from crētus.

    From Wiktionary

  • French diminutive of craie chalk from Latin crēta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Crayon Sentence Examples

  • Missy gets a red crayon to color the giraffe's eyes.

  • In separate compartments there are a number of crayon portraits, most of them by Rosalba Carriera, and views of Dresden by Canaletto and other artists.

  • If a parent, teacher, or other adult simply tells the child, "Don't take Sally's crayon," the child will believe only that taking Sally's crayon is wrong, while taking a crayon from Juan, or a cookie from Sally, is okay.

  • Layered candles are great fun with crayon wax, because you can use so many colors.

  • Use a white or light colored crayon to draw on the egg, then dye it a dark color to see your design magically appear.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRA

Words Ending With

NONYON

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CR & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With N