I. pen‧cil¹ S2 /ˈpensəl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: pincel 'paintbrush', from Latin penicillus 'little tail', from penis; ⇒ penis]
an instrument that you use for writing or drawing, consisting of a wooden stick with a thin piece of a black or coloured substance in the middle:
a sharp pencil
a blue pencil
in pencil
a note written in pencil
a pencil sketch ⇒ eyebrow pencil

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II. pencil² verb (past tense and past participle pencilled, present participle pencilling British English, penciled, penciling American English) [transitive]
to write something or make a mark with a pencil:
a name pencilled on the envelope
pencil somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
to make an arrangement for a meeting or other event, knowing that it might have to be changed later:
Pickford has been pencilled in as Robson’s replacement.

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pencil
noun
ADJ. blunt, sharp | hard, soft | coloured a box of coloured pencils
graphite, lead
VERB + PENCIL colour sth in with, draw (sth) with, use, write (sth) with | sharpen
PENCIL + NOUN lead, sharpener | drawing, sketch | line, mark
PREP. in ~ margin notes in pencil

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