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chalkstone

chalkstone noun: a mass or piece of chalk.

Noun

chalkstone (plural chalkstones)

  1. (obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
    • [W]hen he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 27:9
  2. A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
    • [T]he thoughts of his breeding Gout so fast shocks me: it has beside all the rest made a Deposit in the Great Toe—I mean in the Joint, as if intending a Chalkstone.1794 January 23, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana

chalkstone meaning in Tamil

chalkstone in Tamil

சுண்ணக்கல்

Forms of chalkstone

pluralchalkstones

Origin of chalkstone

From Old English ċealcstān, equivalent to chalk + stone.

Words formed from chalkstone

Questions about chalkstone

What does chalkstone mean?
Chalkstone means a mass or piece of chalk.
What is chalkstone in Tamil?
Chalkstone in Tamil is சுண்ணக்கல். See Chalkstone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chalkstone?
Chalkstone is a noun.
What is the plural of chalkstone?
The plural of chalkstone is chalkstones.

Words near chalkstone in the dictionary

  1. chalks out
  2. chalks something up to experience
  3. chalks up
  4. chalks up to
  5. chalkstick fracture
  6. chalkstone
  7. chalkstones
  8. chalkstony
  9. chalkstripe
  10. chalkstripes
  11. chalkware

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