pencil

/ˈpen·səl/ n [C/U]

Definition

› 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 n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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