crayon

/ˌkreɪˈɑn/

/ˈkreɪɒn/

Other forms: crayons; crayoned; crayoning

A crayon is a colorful stick of wax made for drawing and coloring. It’s also what you do with it. If a kid asks you to crayon with her, bring some paper and your imagination.

Young artists often start with crayons, since they’re easy to deal with. Harold and the Purple Crayon is a book about a little boy who draws his own adventures with one purple crayon. But crayons come in hundreds of colors. While the history of drawing with colored wax dates back to ancient Egypt, the crayon we know today has been around — along with the word itself — since the 17th century. It comes from the French crayon, "pencil."

Definitions of crayon

1. noun

   writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
   synonyms: wax crayon

   type of:

   writing implement

   an implement that is used to write
2. verb

   write, draw, or trace with a crayon
   type of:

   draw

   represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface