CHALKY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster chalk noun ˈchȯk : a soft white, gray, or buff limestone composed chiefly of the shells of foraminifers and sometimes used medicinally as a source of calcium carbonate called also creta see precipitated chalk, prepared chalk chalky ˈchȯ-kē adjective
CHALKY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary The chalky cliffs tower above the coastline, forming a brilliant white edge to the grasslands It’s a high-quality soft cheese with a smooth texture that is never crumbly or chalky
chalky - WordReference. com Dictionary of English chalk•y (chô′ kē), adj , chalk•i•er, chalk•i•est Mineralogy of or like chalk Mineralogy of a chalklike consistency: chalky soil without resonance, color, warmth, etc : several high tones that were quite chalky Photography lacking in detail, due to extreme contrast: a chalky print
Chalk - Wikipedia Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed under the sea by the accumulation and lithification of hard parts of organisms, mostly microscopic plankton, which had settled to the sea floor Chalk is common throughout Western Europe, where deposits underlie parts of France, and steep cliffs are often
chalky - Wiktionary, the free dictionary chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest) Consisting of or containing chalk Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line