chalk

chalk

 (chôk)

n.

1. A soft compact calcite, CaCO₃, with varying amounts of silica, quartz, feldspar, or other mineral impurities, generally gray-white or yellow-white and derived chiefly from fossil seashells.

2.

a. A piece of chalk or chalklike substance in crayon form, used for marking on a blackboard or other surface.

b. Games A small cube of chalk used in rubbing the tip of a billiard or pool cue to increase its friction with the cue ball.

3. A mark made with chalk.

4. Chiefly British A score or tally.

tr.v. chalked, chalk·ing, chalks

1. To mark, draw, or write with chalk: chalked my name on the blackboard.

2. To rub or cover with chalk, as the tip of a billiard cue.

3. To make pale; whiten.

4. To treat (soil, for example) with chalk.

Phrasal Verb:

chalk up

1. To earn or score: chalk up points.

2. To credit or ascribe: Chalk that up to experience.

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[Middle English, from Old English cealk, from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx.]

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chalk′i·ness n.

chalk′y adj.

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chalk

(tʃɔːk)

n

1. (Geological Science) a soft fine-grained white sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate, containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms, usually without a cementing material

2. a piece of chalk or a substance like chalk, often coloured, used for writing and drawing on a blackboard

3. a line, mark, etc made with chalk

4. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards snooker a small cube of prepared chalk or similar substance for rubbing the tip of a cue

5. Brit a score, tally, or record

6. as alike as chalk and cheese as different as chalk and cheese informal totally different in essentials

7. by a long chalk informal Brit by far

8. can't tell chalk from cheese doesn't know chalk from cheese to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences

9. not by a long chalk informal Brit by no means; not possibly

10. (modifier) made of chalk

vb

11. to draw or mark (something) with chalk

12. (tr) to mark, rub, or whiten with or as if with chalk

13. (Building) (intr) (of paint) to become chalky; powder

14. (Agriculture) (tr) to spread chalk on (land) as a fertilizer

[Old English cealc, from Latin calx limestone, from Greek khalix pebble]

ˈchalkˌlike adj

ˈchalky adj

ˈchalkiness n

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chalk

(tʃɔk)

n.

1. a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.

2. a piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon.

3. a mark made with chalk.

4. a score or tally.

v.t.

5. to mark with chalk.

6. to rub over or whiten with chalk.

v.i.

7. (of paint) to powder from weathering.

8. chalk up,

a. to score or earn, as points in a game.

b. to attribute.

[before 900; Middle English chalke, Old English cealc < Latin calc-, calx lime; see calcium]

chalk′y, adj. -i•er, -i•est.

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chalk

(chôk)

A soft, white, gray, or yellow limestone formed primarily from fossil seashells and consisting mainly of calcium carbonate. Chalk is used in making lime, cement, and fertilizers, and as a whitening pigment in ceramics, paints, and cosmetics. The chalk used in classrooms, however, is usually artificial and not natural.

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chalk

1. A soft stone, similar to a very soft limestone, used for drawing. Crayon is powdered chalk mixed with wax or oil.

2. A white, soft form of limestone.

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Chalk

1. A pale, thin, whitish ale.

2. Another name for Chock or Choc (see Choc beer).

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chalk - a soft whitish calcite     chalk - 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 calcite - a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
	2.	chalk - a pure flat white with little reflectance whiteness, white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
	3.	chalk - 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 deoxyephedrine, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, chicken feed, crank, trash, glass, ice amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed - a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law
	4.	chalk - 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 drawing chalk - colored chalks used by artists tailor's chalk - chalk used by tailors to make temporary marks on cloth writing implement - an implement that is used to write chalk - a soft whitish calcite
Verb	1.	chalk - write, draw, or trace with chalk draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

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Translations

جير، جَصطَبَاشِيرطَبْشورَه

křídakřídový útes

kridtskrivekridt

Kreidekreiden

κιμωλία

kreto

tizacretagisroca calizayeso

liituliitukivimagnesium

craiemagnésie

kreda

kapurkapur tulis

krítkalksteinn

gessocretagessettocretaceoscrivere col gesso

チョーク

분필

išbalęskalkakmeniskreidakreidinis

kaļķakmenskrīts

krijtkrijtgesteente

krittkalkstein

kreda

gizcal

мелмеловой

krieda

kreda

krita

หินชอล์ก

tebeşirkireç taşımagnezyum

phấn viết

粉笔白垩

chalk

[tʃɔːk]

A. N (Geol) → creta f; (for writing) → tiza f, gis m (Mex)
a (piece of) chalk → una tiza f, un gis m (Mex)
by a long chalk (Brit) → de lejos
not by a long chalk (Brit) → ni con mucho, ni mucho menos
to be as different as chalk and cheese → ser como el día y la noche

B. VT [+ message] → escribir con tiza; [+ luggage] → marcar con tiza

chalk up VT + ADV (lit) → apuntar (fig) [+ success, victory] → apuntarse

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chalk

[ˈtʃɔːk]

n

(= rock, soil) → craie f
to be like chalk and cheese, to be chalk and cheese (British) → être le jour et la nuit

(to write with) → craie f

by a long chalk (= by far) → de loin
not by a long chalk (British) → loin s'en faut

modif [soil] → crayeux/euse

chalk up

vt

(on blackboard) → écrire à la craie

(fig) [+ success, win] → remporterchalk board n (US) → tableau m, tableau m noirchalk dust n → poussière f de craie

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chalk

n → Kreide f; (= limestone also) → Kalkstein m; white as chalk → kreidebleich; not by a long chalk (Brit inf) → bei Weitem nicht, noch nicht einmal annähernd; the biggest by a long chalk (Brit inf) → bei Weitem der Größte; they’re as different as chalk and cheese (Brit) → sie sind (so verschieden) wie Tag und Nacht

vt message etc → mit Kreide schreiben; luggage etc → mit Kreide kennzeichnen; billiard cue → mit Kreide einreiben

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chalk

:

chalk dust

n → Kreidestaub m

chalkface

n (Brit Sch hum) at the chalk → im Klassenzimmer

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chalk

[tʃɔːk]

1. n → gesso
a (piece of) chalk → un gesso (child's) → un gessetto
not by a long chalk (fam) → proprio per niente or nulla, niente affatto
they are as different as chalk and cheese → sono diversi come il giorno e la notte

2. vt (message) → scrivere col gesso; (luggage) → segnare col gesso

chalk up vt + adv → scrivere col gesso (fig) (success) → ottenere; (victory) → riportare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chalk

(tʃoːk) noun

1. a white rock; a type of limestone. kryt جير، جَص варовик calcário křída, křídový útes die Kreide kridt ασβεστόλιθοςcreta, roca caliza kriit گچ kalkki craieגיר ख‍ड़ीया kreda mészkő gamping kalksteinn gesso 白亜 백악 kalkakmenis kaļķakmens kapur krijtkalksteinkreda تباشير greda cretă мел krieda kreda krečnjak krita หินสีขาว kireç taşı 白堊 вапняк سفید رنگ کا پتھر đá phấn 白垩

2. (a piece of) a chalk-like substance used for writing (especially on blackboards). a box of chalks. kryt طَبْشورَه тебешир giz křída die Kreide skrivekridt κιμωλίαtiza kriit گچ liitu craieגיר चॉक kreda kréta kapur krít gessetto チョーク 분필 kreida krīts kapur krijtjekrittkreda گچ giz cretă мел krieda kreda kreda krita, kritbit ชอล์ก tebeşir 粉筆 крейда لکھنے کے لئے استعمال ہونے والا سفید چاک phấn viết 粉笔

ˈchalky adjective

1. of or like chalk. a chalky substance. krytagtig طَباشيري варовит de calcário křídový, křídovitý kreidig kridtholdig; kridhvid που είναι σαν κιμωλία calcáreo kriiti sisaldav, kriidine گچ مانند؛ گچی kalkkinen crayeux גִירִי चॉक के समान kredast krétaszerű seperti kapur kalkkenndur gessoso 白亜質の 백악질의 kreidinis krīta-; krītains; kaļķains berkapur krijtachtigkrittaktig; kalkholdigkredowy گج لکه gredoso calcaros известковый kriedový krednat kredast kritaktig ที่มีลักษณะเหมือนชอล์ก tebeşir gibi 白堊的 крейдяний; вапняковий چاک کا بنا ہوا ، یا چاک کی طرح thuộc phấn 白垩的

2. white or pale. Her face looked chalky. krytwit أبْيَض كالطباشير бял като тебешир lívido bledý kreidebleich kridhvid ωχρόςpálido kriitvalge سفید؛ رنگ پریده kalpea pâle חִווֵר सफेद या पीला kredast sápadt pucat kalkhvítur pallido 白い 창백한 išbalęs krīta bālumā putih seperti kapur krijtwitkritthvit biały jak kreda سپینی،رنګ الوتکی lívido alb ca varul бледный bledý bled bled kritvit ขาวซีด soluk 蒼白的 білий, як крейда سفید یا پیلا trắng bệch 苍白的

ˈchalkboard noun

a smooth board, usually green, for writing or drawing on with crayon or chalk. bord لَوْحُ الطباشير черна дъска quadro negro tabule die Tafel tavle πίνακας κιμωλίας pizarra kriiditahvel تخته سیاه liitutaulu tableauלוח चाक से लिखने के लिए बोड pločica za bilježenje kredom tábla papan tulis krítartafla lavagna 黒板 칠판 lenta tāfele papan tulis schoolbordtavletablica توره تخته quadro tablă классная доска tabuľa tabla tabla skrivtavla, svart tavla กระดานดำ tahta 黑板 класна дошка ایک ہموار تختہ جس پر چاک سے لکھا جائے bảng viết phấn 黑板

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Chalk

→ طَبَاشِير křída kridt Kreide κιμωλία tiza, yeso liitu craie kreda gesso チョーク 분필 krijt kritt kreda giz мел krita หินชอล์ก tebeşir phấn viết 粉笔

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chalk

n. yeso.

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