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1. (n.) chalk
a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
2. chalk
a piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon.
3. chalk
a mark made with chalk.
4. chalk
a score or tally.
5. (v.t.) chalk
to mark with chalk.
6. chalk
to rub over or whiten with chalk.
7. (v.i.) chalk
(of paint) to powder from weathering.
8. chalk
chalk up,
9. chalk
to score or earn, as points in a game.
10. chalk
to attribute.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME
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| Definition of 'Chalk' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chalk
a soft whitish calcite
2. (noun) chalk
a pure flat white with little reflectance
3. (noun) methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash
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
4. (verb) chalk
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
5. (verb) chalk
write, draw, or trace with chalk
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1. (noun) chalk
sticks used to write on blackboards
a piece of chalk; Is there any chalk left?
2. chalk
a white rock
chalk cliffs
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| Definition of 'Chalk' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Chalk
a soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone
2. (noun) Chalk
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
3. (verb) Chalk
to rub or mark with chalk
4. (verb) Chalk
to manure with chalk, as land
5. (verb) Chalk
to make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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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).
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Sense: a white rock; a type of limestone.
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 Afrikaans: kryt |
 Arabic: جير، جَص |
 Bulgarian: варовик |
 Brazilian: calcário |
 Czech: křída, křídový útes |
 German: die Kreide |
 Danish: kridt |
 Greek: ασβεστόλιθος |
 Spanish: creta, roca caliza |
 Estonian: kriit |
 Farsi: گچ |
 Finnish: kalkki |
 French: craie |
 Hebrew: גִיר |
 Hindi: खड़ीया |
 Croatian: kreda |
 Hungarian: mészkő |
 Indonesian: gamping |
 Icelandic: kalksteinn |
 Italian: gesso |
 Japanese: 白亜 |
 Korean: 백악 |
 Lithuanian: kalkakmenis |
 Latvian: kaļķakmens |
 Malay: kapur |
 Dutch: krijt |
 Norwegian: kalkstein |
 Polish: kreda |
 Persian: گچ |
 Pashto: تباشير |
 Portuguese: greda |
 Romanian: cretă |
 Russian: мел |
 Slovak: krieda |
 Slovenian: kreda |
 Serbian: krečnjak |
 Swedish: krita |
 Thai: หินสีขาว |
 Turkish: kireç taşı |
 Taiwanese: 白堊 |
 Ukrainian: вапняк |
 Urdu: سفید رنگ کا پتھر |
 Vietnamese: đá phấn |
 Chinese: 白垩 |
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