ALL meanings of chalk
chalk
C c - uncountable noun chalk Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with. 3
- uncountable noun chalk Chalk is small sticks of chalk, or a substance similar to chalk, used for writing or drawing with. 3
- verb chalk If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. 3
- noun chalk a soft fine-grained white sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate, containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms, usually without a cementing material 3
- noun chalk a piece of chalk or a substance like chalk, often coloured, used for writing and drawing on a blackboard 3
- noun chalk a line, mark, etc made with chalk 3
- noun chalk a small cube of prepared chalk or similar substance for rubbing the tip of a cue 3
- noun chalk a score, tally, or record 3
- verb chalk to draw or mark (something) with chalk 3
- verb chalk to mark, rub, or whiten with or as if with chalk 3
- verb chalk (of paint) to become chalky; powder 3
- verb chalk to spread chalk on (land) as a fertilizer 3
- noun chalk a white, gray, or yellowish limestone that is soft, porous, and easily pulverized, composed almost entirely of calcite from minute sea shells 3
- noun chalk any substance like chalk in color, texture, etc. 3
- noun chalk a piece of chalk, often colored, used for drawing, writing on a blackboard, etc. 3
- noun chalk a mark or line made with chalk 3
- noun chalk a score or tally, as in a game or as of credit given 3
- adjective chalk made or drawn with chalk 3
- adjective chalk favored to win, place, or show 3
- adjective chalk betting on favorites only 3
- verb transitive chalk to treat with chalk; lime or fertilize (soil) 3
- verb transitive chalk to rub or smear with chalk; specif., to rub chalk on the tip of (a billiard cue) 3
- verb transitive chalk to make pale 3
- verb transitive chalk to write, draw, or mark with chalk 3
- intransitive verb chalk to become chalky or powdery, as a painted surface 3
- noun chalk A soft white limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures. 1
- noun chalk a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. 1
- noun chalk a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon. 1
- noun chalk a mark made with chalk. 1
- noun chalk a score or tally. 1
- verb with object chalk to mark or write with chalk. 1
- verb with object chalk to rub over or whiten with chalk. 1
- verb with object chalk to treat or mix with chalk: to chalk a billiard cue. 1
- noun chalk limestone substance 1
- verb with object chalk to make pale; blanch: Terror chalked her face. 1
- noun chalk substance used to write on blackboard 1
- verb without object chalk (of paint) to powder from weathering. 1
- transitive verb chalk rub chalk on billiard cue 1
- adjective chalk of, made of, or drawn with chalk. 1
- adjective chalk made of chalk 1
- noun chalk (Uncountable Noun) A soft, white, powdery limestone. 0
- noun chalk (Countable Noun) A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. 0
- noun chalk Tailor's chalk. 0
- noun chalk (Uncountable Noun) (climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk. 0
- noun chalk (Countable Noun) (US, military) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers. 0
- noun chalk (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win. 0
- verb chalk To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue. 0
- verb chalk To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk. 0
- verb chalk To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field. 0
- verb chalk (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. 0