Pencil

What do we mean by pencil?

A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder. noun

Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick. noun

A style or technique in drawing or delineating. noun

Descriptive skill. noun

An artist's brush, especially a fine one. noun

A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder. noun

A family of geometric objects, such as lines, that have a common property, such as passage through a given line in a given plane. noun

To write or produce by using a pencil. transitive verb

To mark or color with or as if with a pencil. transitive verb

To schedule tentatively. phrasal verb

To schedule a tentative appointment with. phrasal verb

See pencel. noun

To paint or draw; execute with a pencil or in pencil; mark with penciling or as with a pencil: as, finely penciled eyebrows.

To write with a pencil.

In medicine, to apply a remedy to (an inflamed spot, etc.) with a fine brush: as, to pencil a wound with lunar caustic.

A small fine brush, such as may be used by a painter in laying on paints; technically, a special type of pointed brush the hairs of which are held by a quill ferrule with a wooden handle which is often detachable. noun

Figuratively, the art of painting; also, skill in painting or delineation; style of delineation. noun

An instrument for marking, drawing, or writing, formed of graphite, colored chalk, or a material of similar properties, and having a tapering end; specifically, a thin strip of such substance in closed in a cylinder of soft wood or in a metal case with a tapering end. noun

Writing done with a pencil, as distinguished from that done with ink: as, a note written in pencil. noun

A paintbrush.

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.

An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.

A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.

A small medicated bougie.

Words that are spelled similarly to pencil:
pencil, pencel, penicil, pensil, peucil.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pencil:
sharpener, eraser, crayons, inking, crayon, gouache, urchin, detonator, graphite, watercolor, ink, mustache, pastel, moustache, sharpened, drawings, charcoal, acrylic, pen, skirt, sketch, chalk, catfish, projective, brush, hairs, drawing, wax, paper, circles, colored, paint, beam, canvas, illustration, inserted, portrait, sheets, coloured, cedar, marks, artwork, sheet, thin, factory, animation, painted, exhibited, colour, tip, plastic, painting, tool, pages, comics, colours, marvel, colors, drew, endemic, mechanical, color, write, tests, artist, rocket, printing, drawn, technique, medium, oil, clay, test, hair, hole.

Words that rhyme with pencil:
stencil, tensile, ensile, pensile, pencel, pensil, hensel, pensel, vensel, wensel, bensel, bluepencil, gensel, hensil, immense hill, pensyl, stencel, vencill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pencil:
blue, red, soft, colored, lead, sharp, black, indelible, hard, small, ordinary, mechanical, hair, yellow, sharpened, and, white, pointed, slate, coloured, fine, light, narrow, stubby, thick, thin, blunt, green, heavy, dark, brown, delicate, flat, magic, wooden, paper, styptic, oblique, broken, axial, parallel, emergent, refracted, bold, harmonic, dull, faint, tiny, automatic, softer, masterly, unsharpened, propelling, ready, purple, divergent, blacklead, faithful, fat, skilful, astigmatic, round, item, convergent, worthy, slender, glowing, gray, leaded, busy, illuminating.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pencil:
test, tests, measures, marks, inventory, questionnaire, measure, case, instruments, questionnaires, tasks, format, instrument, version, beam, paper, mark, testing, inventories, making, cases, drawings, methods, drawing, point, method, battery, sketches, techniques, lines, scale, survey, set, cup, writing, exercises, task, variety, sketch, activities, scales, surveys, administration, assessments, assessment, strokes, box, type, versions, games, technique, notes, subtests, holder, procedures, sharpener, exercise, devices, mazes, sets, examination, sharpeners, items, algorithms, responses, checklist, calculations, exam, tip, formats, operations, skills, tool, examinations, pushers, boxes, maker, exams, computation, markings, device, urchin, chewing, cedar, computations, choice, streak, simulation, scores.

Consonant match to pencil:
pensile, pencel, pensil, pensel, pensyl, ponsolle.

Words that sound like pencil:
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