Definition of Chalk

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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.

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Chalk Quotations

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

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

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

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.
Bubba Sparxxx

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

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.
Joyce A. Myers

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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