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# crayon

noun (crayon, crayons); verb (crayon, crayoned)

«crayon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crayon is a stick of coloured wax for drawing and colouring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#m1)
2. To crayon is to draw or colour with crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#m2)

### In the lessons

a thing counted, often in boxes, lost or given away; «boxes of 8» means multiply; in art class children draw with crayons; phrases: «a box of crayons», «wax crayon», «colour with crayons»

### Examples

- Paul had 110 crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x1)
- He gave 90 crayons to his friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x2)
- He lost 12 crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x3)
- Each box has 8 crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x4)
- I coloured the sun with a yellow crayon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x5)
- Crayons melt if you leave them in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x6)
- Share the crayons with your table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x7)
- My little sister drew on the wall with a crayon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a crayon, crayons. A thing counted. «lost», «gave away» take away; «boxes of 8» means multiply. Trap: «how many more crayons did he lose than give away» compares the two changes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crayon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crayon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crayon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crayon.html) on Mova free.