Synonyms for chalk

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : chawk

Phonetic Transcription : tʃɔk

Top 10 synonyms for chalk

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Définition 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

Antonyms for chalk

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