"grease pencil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grease pencils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grease pencil (plural grease pencils)
  1. A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces. Synonyms: china pencil, chinagraph (english: brand name), wax pencil
    Sense id: en-grease_pencil-en-noun-vIyHtTCp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Writing instruments

Inflected forms

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          "word": "china pencil"
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