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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Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Passengers could pass the work of Georgia K-12 students (more than 300 every year in the T Gates and Concourse E) or crayon sculptures by Herb Williams (ascending elevator to Concourse D) on the way to their gate.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
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Noun
The school was small, public and in ethnically diverse Jersey City, which meant my daughter shared crayons with kids whose families came from all over the world.
—Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Passengers could pass the work of Georgia K-12 students (more than 300 every year in the T Gates and Concourse E) or crayon sculptures by Herb Williams (ascending elevator to Concourse D) on the way to their gate.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 20 Dec. 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 1 Feb. 2025.
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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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