pencil mark
Erasable written line
A pencil mark is a line or trace left by a pencil on a surface, typically paper.
The term often implies something temporary or preliminary—pencil marks can be erased, unlike ink: She made light pencil marks in the margins.
In grading or scoring contexts, a pencil mark fills in a bubble or checkbox on standardized forms.
- graphiteCrystalline carbon allotrope
- number 2Rank after first
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- quick sketchBrief informal drawing
- drawing classInstruction in sketching
smudge · eraser · scribble · shading · faint · barely visible · trace · line · stroke · scratch · notation · margin · paper trail · doodle · crosshatch · freehand · draft · rough draft
- crosswordsacross, cryptic, acrostic, clues, codeword
- marksblemish, blotch, stroke, seal of approval, blot
- annotationsfootnote, annotations, marginalia, endnote, footnotes
- markershighlighter, highlighters, felt tips, felt-tip, felt pens