pastel: Meaning and Definition of

pas•tel

1. a color having a soft, subdued shade.
2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.
3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste.
4. the art of drawing with such crayons.
5. a drawing so made.
6. a short, light prose study or sketch.

1. having a soft, subdued shade.
2. drawn with pastels: a pastel portrait.

pas•tel

1. the woad plant.
2. the dye made from it.