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chalklike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling chalk * * * chalkˈlike adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑chalk … Useful english dictionary
chalk — chalklike, adj. /chawk/, n. 1. a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. 2. a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon. 3. a mark made with chalk. 4. a score or … Universalium
chalk — /tʃɔk / (say chawk) noun 1. Geology a soft, white, pure limestone consisting of calcareous fossilised skeletal fragments of microscopic algae. 2. a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance, especially calcium sulphate, for marking. 3. a… …
calcareous spar — Calcite Cal cite (k[a^]l s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Calcite — Cal cite (k[a^]l s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calc-spar — Calcite Cal cite (k[a^]l s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chalkstone — Chalk stone , n. 1. A mass of chalk. [1913 Webster] As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. Isa. xxvii. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chalkstone — chalkstony, adj. /chawk stohn /, n. Pathol. a chalklike concretion in the tissues or small joints of a person with gout. [1350 1400; ME, for sense limestone ; 1730 40 for current sense. See CHALK, STONE] * * * … Universalium
chalky — chalkiness, n. /chaw kee/, adj., chalkier, chalkiest. 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. Photog. lacking in detail, due to… … Universalium
pastel — pastel1 /pa stel /; esp. Brit. /pas tl/, n. 1. a color having a soft, subdued shade. 2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water. 3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste. 4. the art of drawing with … Universalium
