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• chalk — ► NOUN 1) a white soft limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. 2) a similar substance (calcium sulphate), made into sticks and used for drawing or writing. ► VERB 1) draw or write with chalk. 2) Brit.… …   English terms dictionary

• chalk — n. & v. n. 1 a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. 2 a a similar substance (calcium sulphate), sometimes coloured, used for writing or drawing. b a piece of this (a box of chalks). 3… …   Useful english dictionary

• chalk — chalklike, adj. /chawk/, n. 1. a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. 2. a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon. 3. a mark made with chalk. 4. a score or …   Universalium

• chalk — /tʃɔk / (say chawk) noun 1. Geology a soft, white, pure limestone consisting of calcareous fossilised skeletal fragments of microscopic algae. 2. a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance, especially calcium sulphate, for marking. 3. a… …  

• chalk — n. 1) to write with chalk (on a blackboard) 2) a piece of chalk * * * [tʃɔːk] a piece of chalk to write with chalk (on a blackboard) …   Combinatory dictionary

• chalk — noun 1 white rock CHALK + NOUN ▪ bed ▪ cliff, downs, hill (all esp. BrE) ▪ pit, quarry PHRASES …   Collocations dictionary

• chalk — noun a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. ↘a similar substance (calcium sulphate), made into sticks and used for drawing or writing. verb 1》 draw or write with chalk.     ↘rub the… …   English new terms dictionary

• chalk — [chôk] n. [ME < OE cealc < L calx, lime, limestone: see CALCIUM] 1. a white, gray, or yellowish limestone that is soft, porous, and easily pulverized, composed almost entirely of calcite from minute sea shells 2. any substance like chalk in …   English World dictionary

• chalk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cealc, from Latin calc , calx lime; akin to Greek chalix pebble Date: before 12th century 1. a. a soft white, gray, or buff limestone composed chiefly of the shells of foraminifers b. a prepared …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chalk — chalk1 [tʃo:k US tʃo:k] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: cealc, from Latin calx LIME12 , from Greek chalix small stone ] 1.) soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals = ↑limestone ▪ chalk cliffs 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chalk — chalk1 [ tʃɔk ] noun uncount a type of soft white stone a. count or uncount a stick of white or colored chalk, used for writing or drawing, especially on a chalkboard chalk chalk 2 [ tʃɔk ] verb transitive to write or draw something with chalk:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English