Noun: chalk
| Singular | chalk |
| Plural | chalks |
Sample Sentences
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chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing
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when working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag
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OK, let's get rid of the chalk players right away. The chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times. [1982 March 22, Phil Musick, “And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 13:]
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Excuse us for sticking with the chalk, but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix. [1995 April 6, “Notes on a Scorecard”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2012, retrieved 19 Mar 2009, page C3:]
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Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. [2008 March 24, Jason Bauman, “Non-news of the week: Obama picks North Carolina”, in Beacon-News, Aurora, Illinois, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2012, retrieved 19 Mar 2009:]
Nouns inflected like chalk
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin calxbor.
3. Proto-West Germanic *kalk
4. Old English ċealc
5. Middle English chalk
6. English chalk
7. Inherited from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk. See: Middle English Nouns '
chalk,chalke', Middle English Nouns '
chalk,chalke', Old English Nouns '
ċealc', Latin Nouns '
calx', Ancient Greek Nouns '
χάλιξ'.