pastel

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  1. noun A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form.
  2. noun A crayon of this material.
  3. noun A picture or sketch drawn with this type of crayon.
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  • The decor was muted pastel, the draperies straw-colored satin, and the furniture all delicate antiques from the eighteenth century. —  Prince of the Night
  • I'm thinking that the card needs the following information: medium (e.g. pencil, pastel, watercolour paints, watercolour pencils, etc.), a brief description of the exercise, and a list of materials needed. —  HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
  • "Miami Vice," the movie, doesn't have a single pastel, and there's not a lot of rock & roll either. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • Lunch was a potluck affair with chicken pastel, braised beef, potato salad, spaghetti, and pineapple upside down cake and poppy seed cake for dessert. —  Pinoy Cook: Home cooking rocks!
  • I printed it on pink paper and scented it with a subtle scent from Victoria Secret and made a side closure with a fiery pink trimmed, pastel orange, ribbon. —  WOC PhD
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  1. French, from Italian pastello, material made into a paste, from Late Latin pastellus, woad dye, diminutive of pasta, paste; see paste1.

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  1. from French pastel = Spanish Portuguese pastel, a colored crayon, pastel, also the plant woad, = Italian pastello, a pastel, from Latin pastillus, a little loaf or roll, a lozenge, diminutive of panis, a loaf, bread: see pain. Cf. pastille.
 

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