crayon
n. countable A1 Beginner US //ˈkɹeɪˌɑn// UK //kɹˈeɪɒn// cray·on
n. a stick of colored wax or chalk used for drawing and coloring. You usually see children using them to color in books.
n. a stick of pigmented wax, charcoal, or chalk used for drawing or writing. Refers primarily to the wax-based variety used by children in modern contexts.
The child used a red crayon to color the sun.
She handed the toddler a box of crayons and some paper to keep him busy during the flight.
While professional artists occasionally use high-quality wax crayons for specific textures, the tool is most commonly associated with early childhood development and the primary education environment.
Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (“(diminutive)”), from Latin creta (“chalk, clay”), from crētus.