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say it: KRAY-ahn
crayon is a noun and verb meaning "writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing". It is pronounced /ˈkɹeɪˌɑn/ — KRAY-ahn. It carries 2 recorded senses.
writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
write, draw, or trace with a crayon
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for crayon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.