CHALK


Meaning of CHALK in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.

...the highest ~ cliffs in Britain...

Her skin was ~ white and dry-looking.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

2.

Chalk is small sticks of ~, or a substance similar to ~, used for writing or drawing with.

...somebody writing with a piece of ~.

...drawing a small picture with coloured ~s.

N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

3.

If you ~ something, you draw or write it using a piece of ~.

He ~ed the message on the blackboard...

There was a blackboard with seven names ~ed on it.

VERB: V n, V-ed

4.

If you say that two people or things are like ~ and cheese, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other. (BRIT)

The two places, he insists, are as different as ~ and cheese...

We are very aware of our differences, we accept that we are ~ and cheese.

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