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chalkwhite

chalkwhite is the alternative form of chalk-white.

Meaning of chalk-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

Forms of chalkwhite

comparativemore chalkwhite
superlativemost chalkwhite

Questions about chalkwhite

What is chalkwhite the alternative form of?
Chalkwhite is the alternative form of chalk-white.

Words near chalkwhite in the dictionary

  1. chalkstripe
  2. chalkstripes
  3. chalkware
  4. chalkwares
  5. Chalkwell
  6. chalkwhite
  7. chalky
  8. chalky paper
  9. chalky papers
  10. chalky percher
  11. chalky perchers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chalkwhite (page history and authors); chalk-white (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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