CHALK

Meaning of CHALK in English

A mineral composed mainly of the calcareous shells of various marine microorganisms, but whose matrix consists of fine particles of calcium carbonate, some of which may have been chemically precipitated.

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CHALK — Soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone , composed of the shells of minute marine organisms. The purest varieties …
Английский словарь Британика
CHALK — I. ˈchȯk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cealc; akin to Old High German & Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHALK — — chalklike , adj. /chawk/ , n. 1. a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — I. ˈchȯk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cealc, from Latin calc-, calx lime; akin to Greek chalix pebble …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHALK — vt to rub or mark with chalk. 2. chalk ·vt to manure with chalk, as land. 3. chalk ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
CHALK — [chalk] n [ME, fr. OE cealc, fr. L calc-, calx lime; akin to Gk chalix pebble] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHALK — soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone. Chalk is composed of the shells of such minute marine organisms as …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHALK — / tʃɔːk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a type of soft white stone : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHALK — I. chalk 1 /tʃɔːk $ tʃɒːk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cealc , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHALK — n. & v. --n. 1 a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHALK — n. & v. n. 1 a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHALK — n. & v. --n. 1. a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. …
Oxford English vocab
CHALK — ( chalks, chalking, chalked) 1. Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHALK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chalk/limestone/granite cliffs ▪ White chalk cliffs rose up from the sea. gravel/sand/chalk pit COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHALK — up [phrasal verb] [M] - to achieve (a success) or score (points in a game), or to record (a success, …
Cambridge English vocab
CHALK — n. Soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone , composed of the shells of minute marine organisms. The purest …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHALK — noun 1 white rock CHALK + NOUN ▪ bed ▪ cliff , downs , hill (all esp. BrE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHALK — 1. сущ. 1) мел Chalk is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life. ≈ Мел …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHALK — chalk.ogg 1. tʃɔ:k n 1. геол. 1> мел chalk cliffs - меловые скалы 2> (the Chalk) мел ( меловые отложения …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHALK — 1) мел 2) мелок 3) линия или метка, выполненная мелком • - lithographic chalk - marking chalk - precipitated chalk
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CHALK — 1) мел 2) мелок 3) линия или метка, выполненная мелком • - lithographic chalk - marking chalk - precipitated chalk
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CHALK — chalk сущ.1) мел Chalk is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life. — Мел образуется …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHALK — 1. [tʃɔ:k] n 1. геол. 1) мел ~ cliffs - меловые скалы 2) (the Chalk) мел ( меловые отложения на …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CHALK — 1. tʃɔ:k n 1. геол. 1> мел chalk cliffs - меловые скалы 2> (the Chalk) мел ( меловые отложения на …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHALK — 1. сущ. 1) мел Chalk is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life. — Мел …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CHALK — 1. сущ. 1) мел Chalk is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life. — Мел образуется из …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CHALK — 1. _n. 1> мел 2> мелок (для рисования, записи) 3> кредит, долг 4> счет (в игре) 5> _жарг. шрам; царапина; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CHALK — 1. n. 1. мел 2. мелок (для рисования, записи) 3. кредит, долг 4. счет (в игре) 5. жарг. шрам; царапина; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CHALK — мел (минерал, состоящий в основном из карбоната кальция, образующийся из остатков различных морских организмов) - chemical chalk - French chalk - ground chalk
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
CHALK — 1. _n. 1> мел 2> мелок (для рисования, записи) 3> кредит, долг 4> счёт (в игре) 5> _жарг. шрам; царапина; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CHALK — 1. сущ. 1) мел Chalk is formed of the broken remains of minute forms of marine animal life. ≈ Мел …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHALK — County: Kent Post Code: DA12
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
CHALK — tisas
English-Visayan vocabulary
CHALK — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cealc, from Latin calc-, calx lime; akin to Greek chalix pebble Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHALK- — or chalko- — see chalc-
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHALK — (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Английский словарь Webster
CHALK — (v. t.) To manure with chalk, as land.
Английский словарь Webster
CHALK — (v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.
Английский словарь Webster
CHALK — (n.) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, …
Английский словарь Webster
CHALK — (n.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the …
Английский словарь Webster
CHALK — ( v. t. ) To rub or mark with chalk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — ( v. t. ) To manure with chalk, as land.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — ( v. t. ) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — ( n. ) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — ( n. ) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALK — v. write or mark with chalk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHALK — n. white limestone; object which is made of limestone (or something which resembles limestone) and is used for writing on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHALK — n. chalk talk chalk up French chalk
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHALK — n. Function: transitive verb Date: 1580 1 : to write or draw with chalk 2 : to rub or mark …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHALK — n. Pronunciation: ' cho ̇ k Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cealc, from Latin calc-, calx lime; …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHALK — ■ noun a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. ↘a similar substance …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHALK — chalk, Chalk BrE AmE tʃɔːk tʃɑːk ▷ chalked tʃɔːkt tʃɑːkt ▷ chalking ˈtʃɔːk ɪŋ ˈtʃɑːk- ▷ chalks tʃɔːks tʃɑːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHALK — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHALK — Synonyms and related words : air brush, alabaster, art paper, ballpoint pen, besnow, blackboard, blanch, blaze, blaze a trail, bleach, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHALK — See: WALK THE CHALK.
Slang English vocab
CHALK — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CHALK — • ↑ be like chalk and cheese
Longman Activator English vocab
CHALK — n. calcareous. 25A0; chalk something up he has chalked up another success : ACHIEVE, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHALK — n. 1) to write with ~ (on a blackboard) 2) a piece of ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
CHALK — мел (меловые отложения на юге Англии)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
CHALK — See: WALK THE CHALK.
Словарь английских идиом
CHALK — Мел
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHALK — 1) мел, углекислый кальций || меловой 2) мелок || рисовать мелком 3) линия или черта мелом 4) тальк || наносить тальк, напудривать 5) мелить, …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CHALK — (n) мел
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

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