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number 2 pencils

number 2 pencils is the plural of number 2 pencil.

Meaning of number 2 pencil

Noun

number 2 pencil (plural number 2 pencils)

  1. (Philippines, US) A pencil which produces a specific shade of dark gray, often required for test-taking and the completion of official forms.
    • I snapped to rigid attention when the teacher barked, "Clear your desks, get your number two pencils out, and get ready for your exam." Exam! What exam?1990, Allender Crabb, Lawrence J. Crabb, Larry Crabb, Dan B. Allender, Encouragement: The Key to Caring, page 30
    Synonyms:
    HB pencil, number 2
  2. (US) A standard, ordinary pencil; one which is not colored or mechanical or in any other way unusual.
    • How would that yellow number 2 pencil look as an ornament, inserted through a pierced ear-lobe or nasal septum?1997, Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, page 1

Questions about number 2 pencils

What is number 2 pencils the plural of?
Number 2 pencils is the plural of number 2 pencil.

Words near number 2 pencils in the dictionary

  1. number 10
  2. number 10s
  3. Number 11
  4. number 2
  5. number 2 pencil
  6. number 2 pencils
  7. number 2s
  8. number close
  9. number closed
  10. number closes
  11. number closing

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