chalk

/t͡ʃɔːk/ · noun

Meaning

A soft, white, powdery limestone.
A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
Tailor's chalk.
A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
(horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
To manure (land) with chalk.
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

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