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chalkpit

chalkpit noun: a quarry where chalk is extracted.

Noun

chalkpit (plural chalkpits)

  1. A quarry where chalk is extracted.
    • I was out a-hunting to-day, and I got away to a place in the wood I’d never seen before. And there was an old chalk-pit.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Tom Tit Tot”, in English Fairy Tales, page 7
    • I tried the next uphill turning. It took about half an hour to get back to the road again from the chalkpit into which it led us.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 216

chalkpit meaning in Tamil

chalkpit in Tamil

சுண்ணச் சுதைகுழி

Forms of chalkpit

pluralchalkpits
alternative formchalk-pit

Origin of chalkpit

From chalk + pit.

Questions about chalkpit

What does chalkpit mean?
Chalkpit means a quarry where chalk is extracted.
What is chalkpit in Tamil?
Chalkpit in Tamil is சுண்ணச் சுதைகுழி. See Chalkpit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chalkpit?
Chalkpit is a noun.
What is the plural of chalkpit?
The plural of chalkpit is chalkpits.

Words near chalkpit in the dictionary

  1. chalkophore
  2. chalkophores
  3. chalkopyrite
  4. chalkopyrites
  5. chalkosine
  6. chalkpit
  7. chalkpits
  8. chalks
  9. chalks against
  10. chalks down
  11. chalks it down

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