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chalkware

chalkware noun: sculpted figurines usually made of painted plaster of Paris.

Noun

chalkware (usually uncountable, plural chalkwares)

  1. (US, usually) Sculpted figurines usually made of painted plaster of Paris.

Forms of chalkware

pluralchalkwares

Origin of chalkware

From chalk + -ware.

Questions about chalkware

What does chalkware mean?
Chalkware means sculpted figurines usually made of painted plaster of Paris.
What part of speech is chalkware?
Chalkware is a noun.
What is the plural of chalkware?
The plural of chalkware is chalkwares.

Words near chalkware in the dictionary

  1. chalkstone
  2. chalkstones
  3. chalkstony
  4. chalkstripe
  5. chalkstripes
  6. chalkware
  7. chalkwares
  8. Chalkwell
  9. chalkwhite
  10. chalky
  11. chalky paper

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