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port-crayon

port-crayon is the alternative spelling of porte-crayon.

Meaning of porte-crayon

Noun

porte-crayon (plural porte-crayons)

  1. (historical) An instrument (typically a metallic tube with a clasp) used to hold a pencil, lead etc. for drawing.
    • Kauffman's figure holds a porte-crayon and a tablet, on which she has sketched the allegorical image of Prudence […].1992, Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 72

Forms of port-crayon

pluralport-crayons

Questions about port-crayon

What is port-crayon the alternative spelling of?
Port-crayon is the alternative spelling of porte-crayon.

Words near port-crayon in the dictionary

  1. port wine
  2. port wines
  3. port-a-cabin
  4. port-a-cabins
  5. Port-au-Prince
  6. port-crayon
  7. port-crayons
  8. Port-de-Piles
  9. Port-en-Bessin
  10. Port-Francqui
  11. Port-Gentil

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Adapted from Wiktionary: port-crayon (page history and authors); porte-crayon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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