Antonyms for chalk


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : chawk
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɔk


Definition of chalk

Origin :
  • Old English cealc "chalk, lime, plaster; pebble," a West Germanic borrowing from Latin calx (2) "limestone, lime (crushed limestone), small stone," from Greek khalix "small pebble," which many trace to a PIE root for "split, break up." In most Germanic languages still with the "limestone" sense, but in English transferred to the opaque, white, soft limestone found abundantly in the south of the island. Modern spelling is from early 14c. The Latin word for "chalk" was creta, which also is of unknown origin.
  • As in milk : noun liquid produced by mammals
  • As in sedimentary rock : noun rock formed from sediment
  • As in shoo-in : noun favorite
  • As in favorite : noun something or someone cherished, prized
  • As in mark : verb blemish, stain
  • As in rough out : verb do preliminary design
  • As in sketch : verb draw, outline
  • As in whiten : verb make or become extremely pale
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in color : verb make pigmented; shade
Example sentences :
  • The chalk is deeply indented in many places, and is honey-combed with caves.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • The fascination of writing on it with chalk still obsessed the children.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Where's that piece o' chalk you had when you marked out your tumbler-quilt?
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • I'll chalk a lane into the closet, an' we'll both keep a right o' way there.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • A may bush, overhanging a little precipice of chalk, caught her eye.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • And chalk "No Popery" on your door to-morrow night, and for a week to come—that's all.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Sydney Barnes did not answer, but his cheeks were like chalk.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Then he helped himself to a cigar from the showcase, and told his friend to "chalk it up."
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • If she was to have the care of me, she said, she'd make me walk a chalk or know why.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Make a notation, with chalk, of the gravity of each cell each morning.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Synonyms for chalk

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