pencil
11pencil — as a verb has inflected forms pencilled, pencilling in BrE, and usually penciled, penciling in AmE …
12Pencil — This article is about the handwriting instrument. For other uses, see Pencil (disambiguation). HB graphite pencils A pencil is a …
13pencil — penciler; esp. Brit., penciller, n. pencillike, adj. /pen seuhl/, n., v., penciled, penciling or (esp. Brit.) pencilled, pencilling. n. 1. a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring… …
14pencil — I UK [ˈpens(ə)l] / US noun Word forms pencil : singular pencil plural pencils ** a) [countable] a long thin object, usually made of wood, that you use for writing or drawing by pressing the black or coloured part in its centre against paper or… …
15pencil — pen|cil1 S2 [ˈpensəl] n [U and C] ↑lead [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pincel paintbrush , from Latin penicillus little tail , from penis; PENIS] an instrument that you use for writing or drawing, consisting of a wooden stick with a thin …
16pencil — pen|cil1 [ pensl ] noun ** count a long thin object, usually made of wood, that you use for writing or drawing by pressing the black or colored part in its center against paper or some other surface: Your pencils need to be sharpened. a colored… …
17pencil — 1. noun 1) a sharpened pencil Syn: lead pencil, mechanical pencil, colored pencil; grease pencil; eyebrow pencil, lip pencil 2) a pencil of light Syn: beam, ray, shaft, finger, gleam …
18pencil — n. & v. n. 1 (often attrib.) a an instrument for writing or drawing, usu. consisting of a thin rod of graphite etc. enclosed in a wooden cylinder (a pencil sketch). b a similar instrument with a metal or plastic cover and retractable lead. c a… …
19pencil — [[t]pe̱ns(ə)l[/t]] pencils, pencilling, pencilled 1) N COUNT: also in N A pencil is an object that you write or draw with. It consists of a thin piece of wood with a rod of a black or coloured substance through the middle. If you write or draw… …
20pencil — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a narrow pointed wooden instrument, used for writing or drawing, containing a thin stick of a black or coloured substance: written in pencil | drawn with a pencil | a pencil sketch 2 a pencil of light a narrow beam of light… …
