HOW TO PRONOUNCE
crayon
/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/
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What does crayon mean?
noun
- A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
verb
- To draw with a crayon.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (obsolete) A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
- (dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
- (dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/
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Let the P burn as long as it will, then remove the wire and the crayon, letting in no air.
'Porte Crayon' tells us that he had little patronage as a professor, and at one time only three pupils besides himself.
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Milly and Stella both looked through the door into the sitting-room, where a crayon portrait of John Bergson hung on the wall.
Mr. Phillips took a chalk crayon and wrote on the blackboard above her head.
At Rome he made the acquaintance of Porigi and Thomassin, who, on seeing his crayon sketches, predicted for him a brilliant career as an artist.