un chalky
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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chalk (tʃɔːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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