# pencils

Pronunciation: say "PEN-silz" /ˈpɛnsəlz/

## Noun

1. Plural of pencil. — plural of pencil
   - Simple: Plural of pencil. Use this form when you mean more than one pencil.
   - _The art store stocks colored pencils in dozens of shades._
   - _He gathered the loose pencils scattered across the workbench._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of pencil. — third-person singular simple present indicative of pencil
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of pencil. Use this when he, she, or it does the action now.
   - _Each morning she pencils her tasks into a small notebook._
   - _The illustrator pencils the panel layout before any inking begins._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pencils (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).