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crayon

cray·on
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krey-on, -uh n]
    • /ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən/
    • /ˈkreɪ.ɒn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krey-on, -uh n]
    • /ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən/

Definitions of crayon word

  • countable noun crayon A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing. 3
  • noun crayon a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment 3
  • noun crayon a drawing made with crayons 3
  • verb crayon to draw or colour with crayons 3
  • noun crayon a small stick of chalk, charcoal, or colored wax, used for drawing, coloring, or writing 3
  • verb transitive crayon to draw or color with crayons 3

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Origin of crayon

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < French, equivalent to craie chalk (< Latin crēta clay, chalk) + -on noun suffix

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Parts of speech for Crayon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crayon popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

crayon usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for crayon

noun crayon

  • pastel — the woad plant.
  • crayola — /kray-oh'l*/ A super-minicomputer or super-microcomputer that provides some reasonable percentage of supercomputer performance for an unreasonably low price. A crayola might also be a killer micro.

verb crayon

  • profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
  • pencil — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
  • color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
  • pinken — to grow or turn pink.
  • pigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.

Top questions with crayon

  • how to get crayon off the wall?
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  • how to get crayon off plastic?
  • how to get melted crayon out of clothing?
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