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crayon any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors. The pigment is often bound with gum tragacanth or wax, and the sticks are wrapped in paper or embedded in wood.

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cray·on / ˈkrāˌän; ˈkrāən/ • n. a pencil or stick of colored chalk or wax, used for drawing. • v. [tr.] draw with a crayon or crayons: Jeff crayoned a picture on a legal pad | [intr.] a child crayoning in a coloring book.

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