pencil

[ pen-suh l ]
/ ˈpɛn səl /
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noun

verb (used with object), pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing or (especially British) pen·cilled, pen·cil·ling.

to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil.
to use a pencil on.

Verb Phrases

pencil in, to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink: I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock.

Origin of pencil

1350–1400; Middle English pencel < Middle French pincel ≪ Latin pēnicillus painter's brush or pencil, diminutive of pēniculus little tail. See penis, -cule1

OTHER WORDS FROM pencil

pen·cil·er; especially British, pen·cil·ler, noun pen·cil·like, adjective un·pen·ciled, adjective un·pen·cilled, adjective

Words nearby pencil

pence, pencel, penchant, penchi, penché, pencil, pencil beam, pencil box, pencil cedar, pencil crayon, pencil gate

Words related to pencil in

register, compute, prioritize, appoint, organize, slate, set, arrange, hire, schedule, enter, feed, figure, process, design, poll, calculate, itemize, book, draft

British Dictionary definitions for pencil in

pencil
/ (ˈpɛnsəl) /

noun

verb -cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled (tr)

Derived forms of pencil

penciller or US penciler, noun

Word Origin for pencil

C14: from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicillus painter's brush, from pēniculus a little tail, from pēnis tail

Idioms and Phrases with pencil in

pencil

see put lead in one's pencil.