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chalk

noun

1 chalk

A soft whitish calcite.

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; ... show more

Roget 430: whiteness etc. adj.; argent.    albification, etiolation; lactescence.    snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster; ... show more

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; ... show more

Dutch: krijt
Polish: kreda

2 chalk

A pure flat white with little reflectance.

3 chalk

An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.

synonyms: chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu ... show more.

Dutch: Shabu, speed
Polish: metaamfetamina, perwityna, metamfetamina

4 chalk

A piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces.

Dutch: krijtgesteente, krijtje, krijt
Polish: kreda

verb

1 chalk

Write, draw, or trace with chalk.

Roget 550: indicate; be the sign etc. n.. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify etc. (evidence) 467; bear the impress etc. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: air brush, alabaster, art paper, ballpoint pen, besnow, blackboard, blanch, blaze, blaze a trail, bleach, blemish, blotch, book, brand, brush, calcimine, calendar, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas ... show more.

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