Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of or containing chalk: as, “thy chalky cliffs,”
  • Resembling chalk in any way: as, a chalky taste; a chalky fracture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Consisting of or containing chalk.
  • adjective Resembling chalk in any way.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of something having the color of chalk
  • adjective composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk

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Examples

  • Not sure how goat cheese is described as chalky unless it's in reference to it's colouring.

    Udder Delights Haalo 2007

  • Not excited about the idea of chalky, chemical-flavored fritters, I guessed that the editors must have meant four teaspoons, which wound up working beautifully here.

    Orangette 2010

  • Carbon dioxide emissions are causing the world's oceans to become more acidic, which is a threat to creatures that have "chalky" skeletons (including corals).

    Tara Lohan: Thanks to Climate Change, You Can Kiss These 8 Amazing Things Goodbye 2009

  • She also had a kind of chalky powder she mixed with the water to produce excellent milk.

    The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979

  • There were two or three well-known men whose pale faces made the same kind of chalky and spectral spots amid the green of the trees as the plaster of the statues.

    The Nabob Alphonse Daudet 1868

  • Thank goodness for people who are educated enough to realize the difference between purchasing a pet from a reputable breeder and a "chalky" petstore.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • One Bwog associate, usually useful as a leftovers-consumer, described them as "chalky" and politely declined to finish the portion.

    The Bwog 2009

  • If you have ever taken a winery tour, you will most likely recall the guide describing the soil with terms such as chalky, claylike, gravelly or volcanic.

    Homepage 2009

  • Then I drove up to where they're openin 'the clay pit -- you know, that fine, white chalky stuff we saw 'em borin' out just outside the hundred an 'forty acres with the three knolls.

    CHAPTER XX 2010

  • My secret: I horded NECCO wafers, those appalling chalky discs that raise glucose welts on the tongue.

    Linda Novick O'Keefe: Octoberliscious Linda Novick O'Keefe 2011

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