Chalk Definition

chôk
chalked, chalking, chalks
noun
chalks
A white, gray, or yellowish limestone that is soft, porous, and easily pulverized, composed almost entirely of calcite from minute sea shells.
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Any substance like chalk in color, texture, etc.
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A piece of chalk or gypsum, often imbued with a pigment, used for drawing, writing on a blackboard, etc.
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A small cube of chalk used in rubbing the tip of a billiard or pool cue to increase its friction with the cue ball.
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A mark or line made with chalk.
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Synonyms:
verb
chalked, chalking, chalks
To become chalky or powdery, as a painted surface.
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To rub or smear with chalk; specif., to rub chalk on the tip of (a billiard cue)
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To write, draw, or mark with chalk.
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To treat with chalk; lime or fertilize (soil)
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To make pale.
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Synonyms:
adjective
Made or drawn with chalk.
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Favored to win, place, or show.
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Betting on favorites only.
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idiom
chalk out
  • to mark out as with chalk
  • to outline; plan
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chalk up
  • to score, get, or achieve
  • to attribute or ascribe
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not by a long chalk
  • not by any means; not at all
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walk a chalk line
  • to behave with strict propriety or obedience
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Origin of Chalk

  • From Old English cealc, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khaliks, “pebble”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English cealk from Latin calx calc- lime calx

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chalk Sentence Examples

  • Let's chalk it up to an inactive spring.

  • Plicatulae have been found attached to these coprolites, showing that they were already hard bodies when lying at the bottom of the Chalk ocean.

  • On both these maps the hills are printed in grey chalk.

  • We'll mark every corner, just as Martha did—not just stones but chalk, too.

  • Should a bowl running jackwards touch the jack, however slightly, it is called a toucher and must be marked by the skip with a chalk cross as soon as it is at rest.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHA

Words Ending With

KLKALK

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