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| chalk [ chawk ] |
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1. powdery white rock: a soft white or gray fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate originally formed under the sea and containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms
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2. soft marker made from chalk: a piece of chalk or a similar substance, sometimes colored, used for writing or drawing, e.g. on a blackboard
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3. piece of chalk for billiard cue: a small cube of chalk or similar substance used for rubbing the tip of a pool or billiard cue to increase friction between the cue and the ball
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verb (past and past participle chalked, present participle chalk·ing, 3rd person present singular chalks) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make chalk mark on something: to draw, write, or mark something with chalk
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2. intransitive verb become powder: to become powdery
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3. transitive verb rub chalk on cue: to treat the tip of a pool or billiard cue with chalk
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| [ Old English cealc "lime(stone), chalk," via Germanic < Latin calc- "lime(stone)" < Greek khalix "pebble"] |
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not by a long chalk U.K. not by any means
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