WRITING IMPLEMENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does writing implement mean? 

• WRITING IMPLEMENT (noun)
  The noun WRITING IMPLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. an implement that is used to write

  Familiarity information: WRITING IMPLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITING IMPLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An implement that is used to write

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("writing implement" is a kind of...):

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "writing implement"):

chalk (a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces)

charcoal; fusain (a stick of black carbon material used for drawing)

crayon; wax crayon (writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing)

cyclostyle (a writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil)

marker (a writing implement for making a mark)

pen (a writing implement with a point from which ink flows)

pencil (a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood)

sketcher (an implement for sketching)