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# chalk

«chalk» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft white rock made from tiny shells of sea creatures** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (chalk, chalks, a piece of chalk); verb (chalk, chalks, chalked, chalking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chalk is a soft white rock made from tiny shells of sea creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#m1)

2) Chalk is a stick made of this or similar stuff, used for writing on a blackboard or drawing on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#m2)

3) To chalk something is to write or draw it with chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons chalk is a soft sedimentary rock (calcium carbonate); the White Cliffs of Dover are chalk. In school life teachers write with chalk on a blackboard; children draw hopscotch with chalk. Phrases: a piece of chalk, chalk and cheese (very different), chalk up (score or achieve), chalk drawings.

### examples

- The teacher wrote on the board with chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x1)
- We drew a hopscotch grid with chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x2)
- Can I have a piece of chalk? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x3)
- The White Cliffs of Dover are made of chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x4)
- Chalk is a soft rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x5)
- The twins are like chalk and cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x6)
- Our team chalked up another win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x7)
- He sat down to work out his sum with a piece of chalk on a smooth stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/#x8)

### note

The «l» is silent: say «chawk». As a material it is uncountable (a piece of chalk, some chalk); coloured sticks can be «chalks». «Like chalk and cheese» means completely different. Chalk is soft and wears away easily — a test in rock lessons.

### In the corpora

- [3D pavement art uses perspective tricks so a chalk drawing looks deep from one spot; chalk washes away in the rain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/15/)
- [Chalk and limestone are calcium carbonate too and fizz with acid; chalk cliffs are made from the shells of countless tiny sea creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/19/)
- [Chalk drawings belong on your own driveway or a quiet path, never on the road where cars come.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/16/)
- [Limestone and chalk are made mostly from the shells and skeletons of tiny sea creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/8/)
- [The Downs, like the ones the Rat looks at, are rounded hills of chalk in southern England, covered in short grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chalk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chalk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.