Chalk

Quick meaning: Chalk is a noun meaning (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).

Meaning

(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).

More Meanings

1. (countable) Tailor's chalk.
2. (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
3. (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event.
4. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
5. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
6. (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
7. (uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).

Example Sentences

chalk your hands before climbing

chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing

Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.

when working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag

Word Forms

• chalks
• chaulk
• chalking
• chalked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include limestone, calcium, cal, unit, unity, least.

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