crayon — ozdic

Collocations

6

1

(noun.)

ADJ

coloured | wax

QUANT

box

VERB + CRAYON

colour sth in with, draw (sth) with, use

The children used crayons to draw colorful pictures on their paper during art class.

CRAYON + NOUN

drawing

PREP

in ~

My daughter drew a colorful picture in crayon for her art class yesterday.

Definitions

noun

1

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

2

A colored pencil, a colouring pencil

Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon.

3

A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.

But on the wall hung two fine crayons, representing Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette — pictures which she recognized as having hung in the corridor of the Tuileries — and in front of them were burning two candles on a species of rude altar.

4

A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

verb

1

To draw with a crayon.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon.

Wiktionary

02

But on the wall hung two fine crayons, representing Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette — pictures which she recognized as having hung in the corridor of the Tuileries — and in front of them were burning

Wiktionary

03

Could I have that crayon, please?

Tatoeba · #5270146

04

I need a purple crayon for my drawing.

Tatoeba · #5921799

05

Do you have a red crayon?

Tatoeba · #6208616

06

It is not advisable to try and eat a crayon.

Tatoeba · #6219088

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, crayon is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.