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- [chawk]
- /tʃɔk/
- /tʃɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chawk]
- /tʃɔk/
Definitions of chalk word
- uncountable noun chalk Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with. 3
- uncountable noun chalk Chalk is small sticks of chalk, or a substance similar to chalk, used for writing or drawing with. 3
- verb chalk If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. 3
- noun chalk a soft fine-grained white sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate, containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms, usually without a cementing material 3
- noun chalk a piece of chalk or a substance like chalk, often coloured, used for writing and drawing on a blackboard 3
- noun chalk a line, mark, etc made with chalk 3
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Origin of chalk
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English chalke, Old English cealc < Latin calc- (stem of calx) lime
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Parts of speech for Chalk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chalk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chalk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chalk
verb chalk
- tint — a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- illuminate — to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).
- wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
noun chalk
- choice — If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.
- number one — oneself, especially one's own well-being or interests: to look out for number one.
- pick — to cast (a shuttle).
- darling — You call someone darling if you love them or like them very much.
- idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
Antonyms for chalk
verb chalk
- whiten — Make or become white.
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
noun chalk
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- peeve — to render peevish; annoy.
- rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
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