chalk
chalk is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.
- noun. Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.
- transitive verb. To rub or mark with chalk.
- transitive verb. To manure with chalk, as land.
- transitive verb. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
- noun. a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
- noun. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- noun. a pure flat white with little reflectance
- noun. a soft whitish calcite
- verb. write, draw, or trace with chalk
Synonyms
crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methedrine, shabu, trash
Common word forms
chalks, chalked, chalker, chalking
Words from these letters
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