'Chalky' definitions:
Definition of 'chalky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk [syn: calcareous, chalky]
adjective
Of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky white"
Definition of 'Chalky'
From: GCIDE
- Chalky \Chalk"y\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chalky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- argent,
- argentine,
- branny,
- canescent,
- chalklike,
- comminute,
- comminuted,
- cretaceous,
- crushed,
- detrital,
- detrited,
- disintegrated,
- dusty,
- efflorescent,
- farinaceous,
- fine,
- flaky,
- fleecy-white,
- floury,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- furfuraceous,
- gone to dust,
- grated,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- ground,
- hoar,
- hoary,
- impalpable,
- lactescent,
- levigated,
- lily-white,
- marble,
- marmoreal,
- mealy,
- milky,
- milled,
- niveous,
- pestled,
- platinum,
- powdered,
- powdery,
- pulverant,
- pulverized,
- pulverulent,
- pure white,
- reduced to powder,
- scaly,
- scobicular,
- scobiform,
- scurfy,
- sharded,
- shredded,
- silver,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- snow-white,
- snowy,
- swan-white,
- triturated,
- white,
- white as snow