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chalk-white

chalk-white adjective: chalky white.

Adjective

chalk-white (comparative more chalk-white, superlative most chalk-white)

  1. Chalky white.
    • I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale1998, Eve 6, “Inside Out”, in Eve 6
    • Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.2015, Arne Dahl, Europa Blues, →ISBN

Forms of chalk-white

comparativemore chalk-white
superlativemost chalk-white
alternative formchalkwhite

Origin of chalk-white

From chalk + white.

Questions about chalk-white

What does chalk-white mean?
Chalk-white means chalky white.
What part of speech is chalk-white?
Chalk-white is an adjective.

Words near chalk-white in the dictionary

  1. chalk talks
  2. chalk up
  3. chalk up to
  4. chalk-eating weasel
  5. chalk-eating weasels
  6. chalk-white
  7. chalkable
  8. chalkbag
  9. chalkbags
  10. chalkbelt
  11. chalkbelts

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