pencil
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- noun
- /ˈpɛnsl/
:
lápiz
- I need some paper and a number two pencil.
- paper and pencil
- pen and pencil
- number two pencil
Well, get out your paper and pencils, Japs later.
- Well, get out your paper and pencils, Japs later.
- So I will be using charcoal pencil and these are graphite pencils.
- And pencils, when you write with pencils, is that grey?
- I would make an awesome pencil and jackets.
- All right, you've seen a ballpoint pencil, a Christmas tree tip.
Examples
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He sharpened his pencil before starting the drawing.
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Let me get a pencil and a piece of paper.
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It's just you, the test and a pencil and your knowledge.
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Go get your pencil out, kid.
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I love this technique and this pencil is really nice.
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- May I borrow your pencil?
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I sat to the side, pencil in hand, and realized I was holding my breath.
Academic text (2011) -
Now let's get the pencil and start shading it in.
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Materials for this study included written assessments via paper and pencil and virtual manipulatives.
Academic text (2015) -
After a breathless moment, he whipped out his pencil and began to sketch rapidly.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A pencil that uses graphite for writing or drawing
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A thing that you use to write, like a pen or pencil
Compounds
- Specialized
A small paint brush with very soft hairs for painting fine details
- Specialized
An evergreen tree, like the eastern red cedar, whose wood is used to make pencils
- Archaic
A thin stick of soft stone that people use to write on a slate in old classrooms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pencil comes from the Latin word penicillus, which meant 'little tail' and was used for a small paintbrush, so people later used it for the small tool for writing or drawing. So a pencil today is a thin tool for making marks on paper.