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
Examples of crayon in a Sentence
Noun
The drawing is done in crayon.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Twelve small, meticulous drawings in pencil, marker, crayons, and watercolor form a mournful martyrology.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
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Noun
Households can also choose to hand out non-food, non-plastic items like crayons and stickers, the experts said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Twelve small, meticulous drawings in pencil, marker, crayons, and watercolor form a mournful martyrology.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 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 5 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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