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Meaning of pencil in English
pencil noun [ C or U ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ ˈpen.s ə l / usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ ˈpen.s ə l / Add to word list Add to word list A1 a long , thin object , usually made of wood , for writing or drawing , with a sharp black or coloured point at one end: a box of coloured pencils pens and pencils He sat with his pencil poised , ready to take notes . The pencil's blunt - you'd better sharpen it (= make its point sharp ) . Write your comments in the margin in (= using) pencil. a pencil sharpener Ragnar Schmuck/GettyImages the form of some types of make-up : an eyebrow pencil a lip pencil Difydave/E+/GettyImages literary a thin beam of light : A pencil of light showed as the door opened slightly . More examples Fewer examples Please write in ink , not in pencil. It's in pencil, so you can rub it out if you need to. My pencil is blunt - I'll have to sharpen it. If you spot any mistakes in the article just mark them with a pencil. Are there enough pencils to go round? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Publishing: paper & stationery A3 A5 acid-free assembler backspace ballpoint pen chalk fountain pen gift wrap grammage grease pencil hanging chad notepad propelling pencil pulp quill quire qwerty ream vellum See more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
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put/set pencil to paper pencil adjective [ before noun ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ ˈpen.s ə l / used to describe something that has been drawn with a pencil: pencil sketches / drawings Cut on or just inside the pencil line . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Pictures abstract active matrix anamorphosis aquatint autostereogram balloon foreground fresco gesture drawing golden triangle gouache graphic arts pastel pixel pixelated polyptych poster raster shade woodcut See more results » pencil verb [ T ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ ˈpen.s ə l / -ll- or US usually -l- to write something with a pencil SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Writing & typing agraphia asemic bang bang something out phrasal verb bash something out phrasal verb borrow chart dot draw enter keyboard misspell orthography purple prose put someone down for something phrasal verb put something/someone down phrasal verb re-register re-registration scrawl semiotics See more results »Related word
pencilledPhrasal verb
pencil something/someone in (Definition of pencil from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)pencil | American Dictionary
pencil noun [ C/U ] usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ ˈpen·səl / Add to word list Add to word list a thin , usually wooden , tube-shaped device for writing or drawing which has colored material in the center and a point at one end: [ C ] colored pencils [ U ] Make your corrections in pencil (= using a pencil) . (Definition of pencil from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)Examples of pencil
pencil The tips of the pencils are" cognitively salient", and what is seen of their relation determines the child's communicated beliefs about length. From the Cambridge English Corpus Expertise about the underlying nature of pencils does not figure in the way ordinary people interact with pencils. From the Cambridge English Corpus In other words, people continue to treat pencils completely instrumentally. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this scenario, our interactions with pencils are transformed as a result of the discovery of their animate nature. From the Cambridge English Corpus Experiences are not public objects like trees or pencils or clocks. From the Cambridge English Corpus We give the child two pencils of equal length side-by-side, and he correctly judges them to be the" same size". From the Cambridge English Corpus A despondent artist once rose from sleep and penciled in a fat man on the highest point of the pyramid in the sketch. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consider two possibilities in the light of the discovery that pencils are living organisms. From the Cambridge English Corpus The child was allowed to play freely with watercolor pencils and crayons. From the Cambridge English Corpus As the second scenario shows, even the startling discovery that pencils are alive need not have metasemantic implications. From the Cambridge English Corpus They continue to relate to pencils as items designed to assist them in achieving their goals. From the Cambridge English Corpus We ow restrict our attention to simple pencils, where symmetric or not. From the Cambridge English Corpus The scientific discovery of the animate nature of pencils might have semantic implications as well. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the first scenario, the discovery turns out to have a profound impact on ordinary speakers' daily transactions with pencils. From the Cambridge English Corpus When he gets home, he goes into his little office and takes out a lot of paper, a few pencils and a big eraser. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of pencil These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Collocations with pencil
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graphite pencil Writing is best done with a fairly soft black graphite pencil . From the Cambridge English Corpus grease pencil The game used a laminated board which could be written on with a grease pencil . From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. pencil mark My pencil mark , which has been much photocopied, is not easy to read. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with pencil What is the pronunciation of pencil ?Translations of pencil
in Chinese (Traditional) 鉛筆, 化妝筆, 一束光… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 铅笔, 化妆笔, 一束光… See more in Spanish lápiz, rayo, a lápiz… See more in Portuguese lápis, a lápis, desenhado a lápis… See more in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian पेन्सिल… See more 鉛筆, 鉛筆（えんぴつ）… See more kurşun kalem, kurşun kalemle yazmak… See more crayon [masculine], crayon, écrire/dessiner au crayon… See more llapis… See more potlood, in potlood schrijven, met potlood tekenen… See more ஒரு நீண்ட, மெல்லிய பொருள், பொதுவாக மரத்தால் ஆனது… See more पेंसिल… See more પેન્સિલ, સામાન્ય રીતે લાકડાંમાંથી બનતી લાંબી પાતળી વસ્તું જેનો ઉપયોગ લખવા કે ચિત્રકામ માટે થાય જેની એક બાજુ તેજ, ઘાટા કાળા કે અન્ય રંગની અણી હોય.… See more blyant, blyants-, skrive med blyant… See more blyertspenna, rita, skissera… See more pensel, melakar dgn pensel… See more der (Blei)Stift, Bleistift…, zeichnen… See more blyant [masculine], blyant, skrive/tegne med blyant… See more پینسل… See more олівець, малювати олівцем, викреслювати… See more карандаш… See more పెన్సిల్… See more قَلَم رَصاص… See more পেনসিল… See more tužka, psát/kreslit tužkou… See more pensil, menggambar dengan pensil… See more ดินสอ, เขียนดินสอ… See more cái bút chì, viết bằng bút chì… See more ołówek, narysować, naszkicować… See more 연필… See more matita, scrivere/disegnare a matita… See more Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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All pencil sharpener blue pencil pencil case pencil-thin grease pencil pencil pusher pencil skirt See all meanings Phrasal Verbs pencil sb/sth in pencil something/someone in phrasal verb See all phrasal verb meanings Idioms and phrases put/set pencil to paper idiomWord of the Day
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