Word Meaning

pencil definition and meaning

n. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
n. A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.
n. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
n. An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
n. A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
n. A small medicated bougie.
v. t. To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.

Crossword clues for pencil

- Clumsy pelican dropped a sketching instrument
- Drawing implement
- Drawing instrument
- Drawing medium
- Drawing tool
- HB writing tool
- Writer
- Writing implement
- Writing or drawing utensil
- Writing stick