strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal. 2. an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members. verb (used with object), censured, censuring. 3. to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner: She is more to be pitied than censured.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Crayon. A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk or other material. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel. A grease pencil or china marker is made of colored hardened grease. There are also watercolour crayons, sometimes called watersoluble crayons.
handful of crayons. Getty Images/Photographer Thomas Northcut. Crayola brand crayons () were the first kids crayons ever made, invented by cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. The word Crayola was created by Alice Stead Binney (wife of Edwin Binney) who took the French words for chalk (craie) and oily (oleaginous) and combined them.