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      chalk
      noun
      (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).
      (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
      (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).
      (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
      (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event.
      (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
      Tailor's chalk.
      A suburban village attached to the east side of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6773).
      A surname.
      verb
      To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
      To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
      (figurative) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
      To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
      To manure (land) with chalk.
      To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
      Roots
      calxchalk- · Latin · lime, limestone
      Synonyms for chalk
      crayonnpencilnslatencalciminenpaintnpasteladjinknscratchboard
      Words related to chalk
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