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Definition of Chalk

Chalk A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone. Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon. To rub or mark with chalk. To manure with chalk, as land. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Related Definitions: Also, And, As, Black, Bleach, By, Calcium, Carbonate, Chalk, Clay, Color, Common, Composition, Compound, Consisting, Crayon, Drawing, Earthy, Extension, Finely, Grayish, Having, Implement, In, Land, Lead, Like, Limestone, Make, Manner, Manure, Mark, Of, Or, Pale, Prepared, Rub, Same, See, Soft, Substance, The, To, Used, White, With, Yellowish

Chalk Quotations Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies. Stanley Baldwin When we draw on the tablet, the drawing shows up on the computer screen. If we have chosen to tell the computer that the stylist is to behave like a piece of chalk, or a pen, or a wet brush, it will. Buffy Sainte-Marie But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese. Rick Wakeman All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I recognized that the United States could be my life's work. Helena Rubinstein Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. Stanley Baldwin

Chalk Translations chalk in Danish is kridt chalk in Dutch is krijt chalk in Finnish is liitu chalk in German is ankreiden, Kreide, Kreide chalk in Latin is creta chalk in Norwegian is kritt chalk in Portuguese is greda, giz, griz chalk in Spanish is greda, tiza chalk in Swedish is krita

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