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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless or white crystalline compound, CaCO3, occurring naturally as chalk, limestone, marble, and other forms and used in a wide variety of manufactured products including commercial chalk, Portland cement, medicines, and dentifrices.
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- noun inorganic chemistry A
colourless orwhite inorganic compound , CaCO3, occurring aschalk ,limestone ,marble etc; reacts withacids to liberatecarbon dioxide .
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- noun a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
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