'Chalk' definitions:
Definition of 'chalk'
From: WordNet
noun
A soft whitish calcite
noun
A pure flat white with little reflectance
noun
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 [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
noun
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
verb
Write, draw, or trace with chalk
Definition of 'Chalk'
From: GCIDE
- Chalk \Chalk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chalked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chalking.]
- 1. To rub or mark with chalk. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To manure with chalk, as land. --Morimer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chalk'
From: GCIDE
- Chalk \Chalk\ (ch[add]k), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]
- 1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon. [1913 Webster]
- Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.
- By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] --Lowell.
- Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon.
- Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous.
- Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work.
- Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants.
- Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous.
- Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.
- Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.
- French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral.
- Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chalk'
From: 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,
- cartoon,
- carve,
- catalog,
- chalk up,
- charcoal,
- check,
- check in,
- check off,
- chronicle,
- cicatrize,
- color,
- copy,
- crayon,
- crosshatch,
- cut,
- dapple,
- dash,
- dash off,
- daub,
- define,
- delimit,
- delineate,
- demarcate,
- depict,
- design,
- diagram,
- discolor,
- docket,
- doodle,
- dot,
- draft,
- draw,
- drawing paper,
- drawing pencil,
- drier,
- driven snow,
- easel,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- eraser,
- etiolate,
- file,
- fill out,
- fixative,
- fleck,
- fleece,
- flour,
- foam,
- freckle,
- frost,
- gash,
- grave,
- grizzle,
- ground,
- hatch,
- impanel,
- impress,
- imprint,
- incise,
- index,
- ink,
- inkhorn,
- inkstand,
- inkwell,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- invisible ink,
- ivory,
- jot down,
- lay figure,
- lead pencil,
- lily,
- limn,
- line,
- list,
- log,
- maggot,
- make a mark,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- mark,
- mark down,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- matriculate,
- maulstick,
- medium,
- milk,
- minute,
- mottle,
- nib,
- nick,
- notch,
- note,
- note down,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- paintbrush,
- palette,
- palette knife,
- paper,
- pastel,
- pearl,
- pen,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- picture,
- picturize,
- pigments,
- pipe-clay,
- place upon record,
- plume,
- point,
- poll,
- portray,
- post,
- post up,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- quill,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- reed,
- register,
- riddle,
- scar,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratchboard,
- scumble,
- seal,
- seam,
- set down,
- shade,
- sheet,
- siccative,
- silver,
- sketch,
- sketchbook,
- sketchpad,
- slate,
- snow,
- spatula,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splotch,
- spot,
- spray gun,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stencil,
- stigmatize,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- stump,
- style,
- stylograph,
- stylus,
- swan,
- sympathetic ink,
- table,
- tablet,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- tattoo,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tint,
- trace,
- underline,
- underscore,
- varnish,
- videotape,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitewash,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up