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chalky

[ UK /t‍ʃˈɔːki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
  2. of something having the color of chalk
    she turned chalky white

How To Use chalky In A Sentence

  • There's also a cloying crème brûlée made with semolina, and a refreshingly chalky caramel parfait on a bed of thinly sliced stewed pears.
  • The region's benign climate, chalky terrain and spectacular summer light is a wine-maker's dream.
  • These are best deployed as fun colours with a slightly chalky texture so that they appear positive, but not eye-popping.
  • Waste products were dumped and over the years a chalky layer has been produced.
  • They had forced down her throat the gobs of chalky calomel mixed with laudanum prescribed by the head-shaking doctor until her gums bled.
  • The interior of the tunnel is mostly bricked, with a few recently-repaired patches, and tiny lengths of chalky deposit hang down like trainee stalactites.
  • The lack of urobilin in the feces will be apparent from the light brown to chalky white color of the stools.
  • But ask him to sit through some hotel cabarets and his hair will rise to the perpendicular and his face will turn a chalky shade of green.
  • The water at the Croydon end of the stream is chalky which makes it cleaner.
  • The soils of Champagne are chalky and full of minerals and the climate is on the cool side for making fine table wines.
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