CHALK


Meaning of CHALK in English

noun

1 white rock

CHALK + NOUN

▪ bed

▪ cliff , downs , hill (all esp. BrE )

▪ pit , quarry

PHRASES

▪ ~ and cheese ( BrE )

My two horses are as different as ~ and cheese.

2 piece of chalk

ADJECTIVE

▪ coloured/colored , white

a box of white ~s

▪ sidewalk ( AmE )

… OF CHALK

▪ piece , stick

CHALK + NOUN

▪ drawing , line , mark , outline

▪ dust

▪ board (usually chalkboard ) ( esp. AmE )

▪ talk ( AmE )

He gave a ~ talk on the techniques of making a sale.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

She had scrawled a note in ~ across the board.

▪ with ~

to write with ~

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .