chalks
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Noun
chalks noun
- 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.
Verb
chalks verb
- 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.
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chalk linechalkinesschalk talkchalk outlinechalkboardcrayonscrayonpaintsmarkersclayspaintsharpiesmarkerchitscharcoalscribbles
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