1. A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
   "The artist sketched the landscape with a charcoal pencil"
    
2. Graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
   "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favourite medium is pencil"
    
3. A cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
   "an eyebrow pencil"
    
4. A narrow beam of light, radiation or particles
   "The pencil of light rays converged at the focal point"

1. Write, draw, or trace with a pencil
   "he pencilled a figure"

Derived forms: pencils, pencilling, penciling, pencilled

See also: penciled [N. Amer]

Type of: black lead, cosmetic, draw, figure, graphite, plumbago, writing implement

Encyclopedia: Pencil