chalky
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ki adjective, chalk·i·er, chalk·i·est.
1.
of or like chalk.
2.
of a chalklike consistency: chalky soil.
3.
without resonance, color, warmth, etc.: several high tones that were quite chalky.
4.
Photography. lacking in detail, due to extreme contrast: a chalky print.
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| the preparation of the final sound track of a film or video production, including the mixing of sound effects and dialogue |
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| —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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Example sentences
It began with new-looking suits and coats in chalky wool, with lightly nipped waists and rather full trousers.
These clear-plastic, accordion-pleated tubes of sweet red goo are topped by a human skull made of chalky yellow candy.
When cooked, chalky halibut is drier, but has acceptable flavor and higher oil and protein content.
When the shaking stopped and emergency lights came on, the air was thick with a chalky haze of dust and concrete.
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