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Word Origin & History

Old English cealc "chalk, lime, plaster; pebble," a West Germanic borrowing from Latin calx (2) "limestone, lime (crushed limestone), small stone," from Greek khalix "small pebble," which many trace to a PIE root for "split, break up." In most Germanic languages still with the "limestone" sense, but in English transferred to the opaque, white, soft limestone found abundantly in the south of the island. Modern spelling is from early 14c. The Latin word for "chalk" was creta, which also is of unknown origin.

Example Sentences for chalk

The chalk is deeply indented in many places, and is honey-combed with caves.

The fascination of writing on it with chalk still obsessed the children.

Where's that piece o' chalk you had when you marked out your tumbler-quilt?

I'll chalk a lane into the closet, an' we'll both keep a right o' way there.

A may bush, overhanging a little precipice of chalk, caught her eye.

And chalk "No Popery" on your door to-morrow night, and for a week to come—that's all.'

Sydney Barnes did not answer, but his cheeks were like chalk.

Then he helped himself to a cigar from the showcase, and told his friend to "chalk it up."

If she was to have the care of me, she said, she'd make me walk a chalk or know why.

Make a notation, with chalk, of the gravity of each cell each morning.

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