pen/pencil

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see also WRITE, DRAW, PAPER
※—† pens
- a long thin instrument that contains ink and is used for writing or drawing: pen
- a pen that has a very small ball at the end which rolls the ink onto the paper: biro (plural biros), ballpoint (pen)
- a pen that you fill with ink: fountain pen
- a pen that has a soft end; these pens are available in many different colours: felt-tip pen, felt tip
- a pen that has a soft end and produces thick lines: marker (pen)
- a thick coloured pen used to mark important parts of a text: highlighter
- the black or coloured liquid inside a pen: ink (noun U)
- a small tube containing ink, which you put inside some pens: (ink) cartridge
- the metal point of a pen where the ink comes out: nib
- paper used to dry ink on a page: blotting paper (noun U)
※—† pencils
- a long thin instrument, made of wood, with a black or coloured substance in the middle, used for writing or drawing: pencil
a pencil case (a small bag in which you keep pens, pencils, etc)
- a coloured pencil used for drawing or writing, especially by children: crayon
Note: if you are talking about the method of writing or drawing, you can use pen, pencil, etc as uncountable nouns:
In this school the children are expected to write in pen (= using a pen) .
- the black substance inside a pencil: lead (noun C/U)
a pencil lead
- the end part of the pencil which you write with: point
- if a pencil has a fine point, it is sharp; opposite: blunt
- an instrument which is used to make a pencil sharp: (pencil) sharpener
- to use a sharpener: sharpen sth
Have you got something I can sharpen this pencil with?
- a small object used to remove pencil marks from paper: rubber (especially AmE eraser)
- to remove pencil marks from paper: rub sth out (especially AmE erase sth)
Rub it out and start again.