chaulk

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.
  2. Noun.  (countable) A piece of chaulk, or, more often, processed compressed chaulk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
  3. Noun.  Tailor's chaulk.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) (''climbing'') A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To record something, as on a blackboard, using chaulk.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To use powdered chaulk to mark the lines on a playing field.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chaulkboard.

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