chalky
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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
Phrasal Verb: 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.
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.]
chalk′i·ness n.
chalk′y adj.
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Adj. | 1. | chalky - composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk |
2. | chalky - of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky white" achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" |
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Translations
أبْيَض كالطباشيرطَباشيري
bledýkřídovitýkřídový
kridhvidkridtholdig
krétaszerû
kalkhvíturkalkkenndur
kriedový
soluktebeşir gibi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chalky
[ˈtʃɔːki] adj [soil] → crayeux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chalky
adj (+er) (= containing chalk) → kalkhaltig, kalkig; (= like chalk) → kalkartig; (= covered with chalk) → voller Kalk
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chalky
[ˈtʃɔːkɪ] adj (water, soil) → calcareo/a; (complexion) → biancastro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chalk
(tʃoːk) noun1. a white rock; a type of limestone.
2. (a piece of) a chalk-like substance used for writing (especially on blackboards). a box of chalks.
ˈchalky adjective1. of or like chalk. a chalky substance.
2. white or pale. Her face looked chalky.
ˈchalkboard noun a smooth board, usually green, for writing or drawing on with crayon or chalk.
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