Definitions for chalk
tʃɔkchalk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chalknoun

   a soft whitish calcite

2. chalknoun

   a pure flat white with little reflectance

3. 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

4. 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

5. chalkverb

   write, draw, or trace with chalk

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chalknoun

   A soft, white, powdery limestone.

2. chalknoun

   A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.

3. chalknoun

   Tailor's chalk.

4. chalknoun

   A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.

5. chalknoun

   A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.

6. chalknoun

   The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

7. chalkverb

   To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiards cue

8. chalkverb

   To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.

9. chalkverb

   To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.

10. chalkverb

    To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

11. Etymology: From cealc, borrowed from calx, borrowed from χάλιξ

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. To Chalkverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To rub with chalk.2. To manure with chalk.

   Land that is chalked, if it is not well dunged, will receive but little benefit from a second chalking. John Mortimer.

   3. To mark or trace out as with chalk.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chalk

   Chalk is a type of soft, white, porous sedimentary rock mainly composed of calcium carbonate. It is formed from the microscopic shells of marine plankton and is often used for writing on blackboards, for making sidewalk art, in gymnastics and weightlifting for the hands, and in various other applications. It may also refer to any substance used for marking, typically in stick form, irrespective of color or composition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. 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

3. Chalkverb

   to rub or mark with chalk

4. Chalkverb

   to manure with chalk, as land

5. Chalkverb

   to make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach

6. Etymology: [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Amphetamine
   • Calcite
   • Controlled Substance
   • Draw
   • White

How to pronounce chalk?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chalk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chalk in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chalk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chalk in a Sentence

1. David Eisenbud:

   I discovered it when I went to visit the University of Tokyo years ago and one of the professors there... said to me,' David Eisenbud know, we actually have better chalk than David Eisenbud do in the States,' i said,' Oh, go on, chalk is chalk... I was surprised to find that he was right.'.

2. David Eisenbud:

   You know, one reads about Archimedes drawing in the sand... but I wouldn't be surprised if there was something like chalk and a blackboard back then, too.

3. Jennifer Beach:

   It was difficult to find things that the kids could use individually while still being engaging for daily use. I tried jump ropes, chalk, sunglasses, and bubbles.

4. S. Weinstein:

   The chalk marks are transient, the formulas eternal.

5. La Russa:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chalk
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chalk
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chalk
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalk
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chalk
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chalk
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=chalk
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html