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chalk
  1. (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.
  2. (countable) A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
  3. Tailor's chalk.
  4. (uncountable, climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
  5. (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
  6. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
  7. Synonyms:
chalkstone
  1. A mass of chalk.
  2. (medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The chalkstone slurry transported in our wagon gives the gloss to the brochure.”
      “The chalkstone walls at Marcilly-le-Hayer.”
      “He comes to Tenaska after serving as president of Chalkstone Consulting, LLC of Omaha.”
chalkface
  1. (geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
  2. (education) The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.
chalking
  1. Something chalked on a surface.
  2. (painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
chalkbrood
  1. A fungal disease of honey bees that gives the bodies of affected larvae a white and chalky appearance.
chalkdust
  1. The fine white powder remaining after chalk is erased from a chalkboard
chalkland
  1. land in which the underlying geology is chalk
chalkpit
  1. A quarry where chalk is found.
  2. Examples:
    1. “One day Jim Crow discovered a chalkpit among the rocks at the north of the forest, just beyond the edge of trees.”
      “There were once four children who spent their summer holidays in a white house, happily situated between a sandpit and a chalkpit.”
chalkiness
  1. The state of being chalky.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Anatomically, rice grains vary in the grain length, grain shape, translucency and the chalkiness.”
      “In this way, the grittiness or chalkiness of the particles in the mouth is reduced.”
      “Generally, there is a certain chalkiness but a few flavors retain the yogurt tang, particularly the coffee.”
chalkstones
  1. plural of chalkstone
chalklands
  1. plural of chalkland
chalkfaces
  1. plural of chalkface
chalkings
  1. plural of chalking
chalkpits
  1. plural of chalkpit
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