Chaulknoun
alternative spelling of chalk
Chaulkverb
alternative spelling of chalk
Chalknoun
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.
Chalknoun
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, 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 billiard 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
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
Chalkverb
To manure (land) with chalk.
Chalkverb
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
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.
Chalknoun
a soft whitish calcite
Chalknoun
a pure flat white with little reflectance
Chalknoun
amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Chalknoun
a piece of chalk (or similar substance) used for writing on blackboards or other surfaces
Chalkverb
write, draw, or trace with chalk
Chalknoun
a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
Chalknoun
a substance (calcium sulphate) that is similar to chalk, made into white or coloured sticks for writing or drawing.
Chalknoun
a series of strata consisting mainly of chalk.
Chalknoun
short for French chalk
Chalkverb
write or draw with chalk
Chalkverb
draw or write on (a surface) with chalk
Chalkverb
rub the tip of (a snooker cue) with chalk.
Chalkverb
charge (drinks bought in a pub or bar) to a person's account
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton which had fallen 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.