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tailor's chalk

tailor's chalk noun: a chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The marks are brushed or washed off the material when no longer needed.

tailor's chalk: a chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The...
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Noun

tailor's chalk (countable and uncountable, plural tailor's chalks or tailors' chalks)

  1. A chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The marks are brushed or washed off the material when no longer needed.

Forms of tailor's chalk

pluraltailor's chalks
pluraltailors' chalks

Questions about tailor's chalk

What does tailor's chalk mean?
Tailor's chalk means a chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The marks are brushed or washed off the material when no longer needed.
What part of speech is tailor's chalk?
Tailor's chalk is a noun.
What is the plural of tailor's chalk?
The plural of tailor's chalk is tailor's chalks.

Words near tailor's chalk in the dictionary

  1. tailocin
  2. tailocins
  3. tailor
  4. tailor make
  5. tailor's
  6. tailor's chalk
  7. tailor's chalks
  8. tailor's dummy
  9. tailor's goose
  10. tailor's ham
  11. tailor's muscle

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