What does CHALK mean?
Definitions for CHALK
tʃɔkchalk
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Princeton's WordNet
chalknoun
a soft whitish calcite
chalknoun
a pure flat white with little reflectance
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trashnoun
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
chalkverb
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
chalkverb
write, draw, or trace with chalk
Wiktionary
chalknoun
A soft, white, powdery limestone.
chalknoun
A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
chalknoun
Tailor's chalk.
chalknoun
A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
chalknoun
A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
chalknoun
The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
chalkverb
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiards cue
chalkverb
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
chalkverb
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
chalkverb
To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
Etymology: From cealc, borrowed from calx, borrowed from χάλιξ
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CHALKnoun
Chalk is a white fossile, usually reckoned a stone, but by some ranked among the boles. It is used in medicine as an absorbent, and is celebrated for curing the heartburn. Ephraim Chambers
Etymology: cealc; cealcstan, Sax. calck, Welch.
He maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk stones, that are beaten in sunder. Isaiah, xxvii. 9.
Chalk is of two sorts; the hard, dry, strong chalk, which is best for lime; and a soft, unctuous chalk, which is best for lands, because it easily dissolves with rain and frost. John Mortimer.
With chalk I first describe a circle here,
Where these ethereal spirits must appear. Dryden.To Chalkverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Land that is chalked, if it is not well dunged, will receive but little benefit from a second chalking. John Mortimer.
Being not prompt by ancestry, whose grace
Chalks successours their way. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.His own mind chalked out to him the just proportions and measures of behaviour to his fellow creatures. South.
With these helps I might at least have chalked out a way for others, to amend my errours in a like design. Dryden.
The time falls within the compass here chalked out by nature, very punctually. John Woodward, Natural History.
Wikipedia
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Chalk is common throughout Western Europe, where deposits underlie parts of France, and steep cliffs are often seen where they meet the sea in places such as the Dover cliffs on the Kent coast of the English Channel. Chalk is mined for use in industry, such as for quicklime, bricks and builder's putty, and in agriculture, for raising pH in soils with high acidity. It is also used for "blackboard chalk" for writing and drawing on various types of surfaces, although these can also be manufactured from other carbonate-based minerals, or gypsum.
Webster Dictionary
Chalknoun
a soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone
Chalknoun
finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon
Chalkverb
to rub or mark with chalk
Chalkverb
to manure with chalk, as land
Chalkverb
to make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach
Etymology: [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]
Wikidata
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is calcium carbonate or CaCO3. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores. It is common to find chert or flint nodules embedded in chalk. Chalk can also refer to other compounds including magnesium silicate and calcium sulfate. Chalk has greater resistance to weathering and slumping than the clays with which it is usually associated, thus forming tall steep cliffs where chalk ridges meet the sea. Chalk hills, known as chalk downland, usually form where bands of chalk reach the surface at an angle, so forming a scarp slope. Because chalk is porous it can hold a large volume of ground water, providing a natural reservoir that releases water slowly through dry seasons.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chalk
chawk, n. the well-known white substance, a carbonate of lime.—v.t. to rub or manure with chalk.—v.i. to mark with chalk: in a tavern, to write the score with chalk.—ns. Chalk′iness; Chalk′-pit, a pit in which chalk is dug; Chalk′-stone, a stone or piece of chalk: (pl.) the white concretions formed round the joints in chronic gout.—adj. Chalk′y.—Chalk for cheese, a small price for a good article.—Chalking the door, in Scotland, a form of warning tenants to remove from burghal tenements.—Chalk out, to trace out, as with chalk, to plan.—By a long chalk, by a considerable distance, referring to the habit of scoring with chalk. [A.S. cealc, like Fr. chaux, is from L. calx, limestone.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
chalk
A deposit found at the top, bottom and middle and in the space between the bottom and middle and between the middle and top of American literature. (Chalk-line, used generally in the phrase, "to walk a chalk-line"; _E. g._, the shortest way to reach the poor-house is to walk the chalk-line of probity).
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CHALK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chalk is ranked #10079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Chalk surname appeared 3,198 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Chalk.
72.7% or 2,325 total occurrences were White.
17.8% or 571 total occurrences were Black.
5.1% or 163 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.2% or 72 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.5% or 51 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CHALK in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CHALK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of CHALK in a Sentence
Honestly, I really had no idea, i feel like I've seen some wacky and weird stuff happen in this game. In my opinion that's really one that you kind of chalk up to how lengthy the rulebook is, especially how some of these rule changes have happened in the last couple years. If it's anybody's fault, it's kind of everybody's fault.
Bernadette Johnson of DrillingInfo:
These fringe areas, like the Austin Chalk, could be the next big thing.
Most (people)... know that we cannot really cause any damage on the wall by drawing with chalk, it is just an excuse used by the police to make us fear. Especially when the court said they are taking away the girl from her father.
One of the biggest things that I do with these kids is provide a diagnosis and reassure the families that they’re not crazy, because so many of these kids have been to see doctor after doctor after doctor who tell them they’re faking it or chalk it up to anxiety or whatever, i want to help them know they are not alone. I can’t cure them, but we can help.
Of course, it's better for the community, for the fraction of the community that loves this chalk, for this chalk to still be produced, there's incredible value to this, but the value is in using it up, not hoarding it.
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- krytAfrikaans
- طَبْشُورَة, طباشيرArabic
- tabaşir, təbaşirAzerbaijani
- аҡбур, бурBashkir
- крэ́йда, мелBelarusian
- тебеши́р, кре́даBulgarian
- চকBengali
- creta, guix, magnèsiaCatalan, Valencian
- křídaCzech
- пурӑChuvash
- kridtDanish
- Kreide, MagnesiapulverGerman
- κιμωλία, τεμπεσίρι, κρητίδαGreek
- kretoEsperanto
- gis, creta, tizaSpanish
- kriitEstonian
- گچPersian
- liitukivi, liitu, magnesium, liitu-Finnish
- craie, magnésieFrench
- cailcIrish
- cailcScottish Gaelic
- xizGalician
- גירHebrew
- चाॅक, चाकHindi
- krétaHungarian
- կավիճArmenian
- kapur, kapur tulisIndonesian
- krítarsteinn, krítIcelandic
- gesso, creta, gessettoItalian
- גִירHebrew
- 白墨, 白亜, チョークJapanese
- ცარციGeorgian
- shokaaKikuyu, Gikuyu
- борKazakh
- ដីសKhmer
- 백악, 분필Korean
- گهچ, تهباشیرKurdish
- борKyrgyz
- cretaLatin
- KräidLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສໍຂາວ, ປູນLao
- kreidaLithuanian
- krītsLatvian
- кре́да, варMacedonian
- цэрд, шохойMongolian
- kapur tulis, kapurMalay
- krittNorwegian
- चक, खरीमट्टीNepali
- krijtje, krijt, krijtgesteenteDutch
- krittNorwegian
- magnezja, kredaPolish
- giz, calPortuguese
- cretăRomanian
- мело́к, мелRussian
- вапно, kreda, креда, vapnoSerbo-Croatian
- kriedaSlovak
- kredaSlovene
- shkumësAlbanian
- kritaSwedish
- chakiSwahili
- சுண்ணாம்புTamil
- సుద్ద, సుద్దముక్కTelugu
- бӯр, табоширTajik
- ชอล์ก, หินดินสอพองThai
- hek, melTurkmen
- yeso, tisaTagalog
- tebeşir, magnezyumTurkish
- акбур, бурTatar
- بورUyghur, Uighur
- кре́йда, крейдаUkrainian
- چاکUrdu
- boʻrUzbek
- lằn gạch, điểm ghi bằng phấn, phấnVietnamese
- קרייַדYiddish
- 粉筆Chinese
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