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chalky

[chaw-kee]

adjective, chalk·i·er, chalk·i·est.

of or like chalk.

of a chalklike consistency: chalky soil.

without resonance, color, warmth, etc.: several high tones that were quite chalky.

Photography. lacking in detail, due to extreme contrast: a chalky print.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; see chalk, -y¹

Related forms

chalk·i·ness, noun

non·chalk·y, adjective

un·chalk·y, adjective

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chalk (tʃɔːk)

—n
1.	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
2.	a piece of chalk or a substance like chalk, often coloured, used for writing and drawing on a blackboard
3.	a line, mark, etc made with chalk
4.	billiards, snooker a small cube of prepared chalk or similar substance for rubbing the tip of a cue
5.	(Brit) a score, tally, or record
6.	informal as alike as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk and cheese totally different in essentials
7.	informal (Brit) by a long chalk by far
8.	can't tell chalk from cheese, doesn't know chalk from cheese to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences
9.	informal (Brit) not by a long chalk by no means; not possibly
10.	(modifier) made of chalk

—vb
11.	to draw or mark (something) with chalk
12.	(tr) to mark, rub, or whiten with or as if with chalk
13.	(intr) (of paint) to become chalky; powder
14.	(tr) to spread chalk on (land) as a fertilizer

[Old English cealc, from Latin calx limestone, from Greek khalix pebble]

'chalklike

—*adj*

'chalky

—*adj*

'chalkiness

—n

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