CHALK


Meaning of CHALK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɔ:k ]

( chalks, chalking, chalked)

1.

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

...the highest chalk cliffs in Britain...

Her skin was chalk white and dry-looking.

N-UNCOUNT : oft N n

2.

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

...somebody writing with a piece of chalk.

...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.

N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl

3.

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

He chalked the message on the blackboard...

There was a blackboard with seven names chalked on it.

VERB : V n , V-ed

4.

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

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

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

PHRASE [ emphasis ]

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