Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or containing chalk: as, “thy chalky cliffs,”
- Resembling chalk in any way: as, a chalky taste; a chalky fracture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Consisting of or containing
chalk . - adjective Resembling chalk in any way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of something having the color of chalk
- adjective composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not sure how goat cheese is described as chalky unless it's in reference to it's colouring.
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Not excited about the idea of chalky, chemical-flavored fritters, I guessed that the editors must have meant four teaspoons, which wound up working beautifully here.
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Carbon dioxide emissions are causing the world's oceans to become more acidic, which is a threat to creatures that have "chalky" skeletons (including corals).
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She also had a kind of chalky powder she mixed with the water to produce excellent milk.
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There were two or three well-known men whose pale faces made the same kind of chalky and spectral spots amid the green of the trees as the plaster of the statues.
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Thank goodness for people who are educated enough to realize the difference between purchasing a pet from a reputable breeder and a "chalky" petstore.
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One Bwog associate, usually useful as a leftovers-consumer, described them as "chalky" and politely declined to finish the portion.
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If you have ever taken a winery tour, you will most likely recall the guide describing the soil with terms such as chalky, claylike, gravelly or volcanic.
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Then I drove up to where they're openin 'the clay pit -- you know, that fine, white chalky stuff we saw 'em borin' out just outside the hundred an 'forty acres with the three knolls.
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My secret: I horded NECCO wafers, those appalling chalky discs that raise glucose welts on the tongue.
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