Meaning

3 senses

  1. Consisting of or containing chalk.

    меловойmelovoj, известковыйizvestkovyj

    кре́йдовийkréjdovyj

    composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk

  2. Resembling chalk in some way.

    a chalky texture

    of something having the color of chalk

  3. (US)Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The chalky taste of the contrast left her feeling nauseous.

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Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
consisting of or containing chalk:
Русский
By meaning 1
consisting of or containing chalk:

Forms

chalkier, chalkiest
Comparativechalkier Lesson
Superlativechalkiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk:calcareous

Word family

7 related words
Relatedchalkinesschalkcalcium carbonate
Derivedchalkilychalky paperchalky perchernonchalky

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chalkchalkboardchallahchallengeA2challenger

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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