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pentel

pentel noun: a non-permanent marker pen.

Noun (1)

pentel (plural pentels)

  1. A non-permanent marker pen.
    • Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth.1974, Margaret Williams, Dorothy Booth, Antenatal education: guidelines for teachers, page 33
    • […] 'Drawing the Line' invited spectators to write their reactions to the photographs and to the question of drawing the line, right on the walls. (Black pentels were supplied for this purpose.)2015, Hilary Robinson, Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968-2014, page 406

Noun (2)

pentel (plural pentels)

  1. (rare) A pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes elements nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.

Forms of pentel

pluralpentels

Origin of pentel

From the name of the Japanese company Pentel Co., Ltd., which invented the non-permanent marker; ultimately from pen + tell.

By analogy with triel and tetrel.

Words formed from pentel

Phrases with pentel

Questions about pentel

What does pentel mean?
Pentel means a non-permanent marker pen.
What part of speech is pentel?
Pentel is a noun.
What is the plural of pentel?
The plural of pentel is pentels.

Words near pentel in the dictionary

  1. pentecostys
  2. pentegraph
  3. pentegraphs
  4. pentekosties
  5. pentekostys
  6. pentel
  7. pentel pen
  8. pentel pens
  9. Pentelic
  10. Pentelic marble
  11. Pentelican

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