as different like chalk and cheese

chalk (chôk)

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.

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.

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

chalki·ness n.

chalky adj.

chalk [tʃɔːk]

1. (Earth Sciences / 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. (Group Games / 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

as alike (or different) as chalk and cheese Informal totally different in essentials

by a long chalk Brit informal by far

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

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

10. (modifier) made of chalk

1. to draw or mark (something) with chalk

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

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (intr) (of paint) to become chalky; powder

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to spread chalk on (land) as a fertilizer See also chalk out, chalk up

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

chalklike adj

chalky adj

chalkiness n

chalk (chôk)

A soft, white, gray, or yellow limestone consisting mainly of calcium carbonate and formed primarily from the accumulation of fossil microorganisms such as foraminifera and calcareous algae. Chalk is used in making lime, cement, and fertilizers, and as a whitening pigment in ceramics, paints, and cosmetics. The chalk used in classrooms is usually artificial.

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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"

Translations

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

chalk [ˈtʃɔːk]

(= 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

(on blackboard) → écrire à la craie

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

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

chalk:

chalk dust

n → Kreidestaub m

chalkface

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

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

chalk

n chalk [tʃoːk]

1 a white rock; a type of limestone. kryt جير، جَص варовик křída, křídový útes kridt die Kreide ασβεστόλιθος creta, roca caliza kriit گچ liitu craie גִיר ख‍ड़ीया kreda mészkő gamping kalksteinn gesso 白亜 백악 kalkakmenis kaļķakmens kapur krijt kalkstein kreda 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 křída skrivekridt die Kreide κιμωλία tiza kriit گچ liitu craie גִיר चॉक kreda kréta kapur krít gessetto チョーク 분필 kreida krīts kapur krijtje kritt kreda 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

adj chalky

1 of or like chalk a chalky substance. krytagtig طَباشيري варовит křídový, křídovitý kridtholdig; kridhvid kreidig που είναι σαν κιμωλία calcáreo kriiti sisaldav, kriidine گچ مانند؛ گچی liitupitoinen, liitumainen crayeux גִירִי चॉक के समान kredast krétaszerű seperti kapur kalkkenndur gessoso 白亜質の 백악질의 kreidinis krīta-; krītains; kaļķains berkapur krijtachtig krittaktig; kalkholdig kredowy gredoso calcaros известковый kriedový krednat kredast kritaktig ที่มีลักษณะเหมือนชอล์ก tebeşir gibi （像）白堊（粉筆）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 bledý kridhvid kreidebleich ωχρός pálido kriitvalge سفید؛ رنگ پریده liidunvalkoinen pâle חִווֵר सफेद या पीला kredast sápadt pucat kalkhvítur pallido 白い 창백한 išbalęs krīta bālumā putih seperti kapur krijtwit kritthvit biały jak kreda 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

n chalkboard

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

chalk → طباشير křída kridt Kreide κιμωλία tiza liitu craie kreda gesso チョーク 분필 krijtje kritt kreda giz мел krita ชอล์ก tebeşir phấn viết 粉笔

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