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Rarechalks
The correct spelling is chalks.
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noun
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The correct spelling is chalks. A soft, white, powdery limestone.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A soft, white, powdery limestone.
- 2.A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
- 3.Tailor's chalk.
- 4.A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
- 5.A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
verb
- 1.To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
- 2.To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
- 3.To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
- 4.To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
- 5.To manure (land) with chalk.
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