chalk1 nounchalk2 verb
chalkchalk1 /tʃɔːk $ tʃɒːk/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
WORD ORIGINchalk1
Origin:
Old English cealc, from Latin calx ' ➔ LIME1 (2)', from Greek chalix ‘small stone’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A long chalk from resort children.
- A taste for dirt or chalk.
- Bats flittered about him; their warning squeaks sounded like chalk on a blackboard.
- He could smell the harsh carbolic soap of the orphanage, then the schoolroom with its dust and chalk.
- It makes a fertile soil for crops since here it is a mixture of clay and small particles of chalk.
- She had no money for even a blackboard and chalk, or for the slates used commonly by village children.
- The headmaster handed me the chalk.
Longman Language Activatorvery different from something or someone else
if two or more people or things have nothing in common , they do not have the same qualities, opinions, or interests: · Apart from the fact that we went to the same school, we have absolutely nothing in common.have nothing in common with: · Batavia was a completely new modern city, having very little in common with other Indonesian towns.
to be completely different from and not connected in any way with another person or thing: · Everyone complains that the national tests bear no relation to what children have learnt in class.· I was astonished when I read the press release, which bore no relation to what I had told them.
people, beliefs, or ideas that are worlds or poles apart are so completely different that there is almost nothing about them that is similar: · I don't know why Max took an interest in me. We were always worlds apart.worlds apart/poles apart from: · The children were on holiday, enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they had to put up with at home.
if a situation is a far cry from another situation or place, it is so different that it is almost the opposite: · We had dinner at the Ritz, a far cry from our usual hamburger and fries.· The first Olympic Games in 1896 were a far cry from the slick spectacle of today.
if you say there is a world of difference between two activities or situations, you mean that they are completely different from each other and people should not expect them to be the same: · There is a world of difference between home-made bread and the tasteless substance that many people buy today.
especially American, informal to be very different from what you have done or experienced before: · Being married is one thing, but having children is a whole new ball game.
British informal if two people who are related or good friends are like chalk and cheese , they are completely different in a way that surprises you: · It's hard to believe that they're brothers -- they're like chalk and cheese!
WORD SETSagglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The two brothers are as different as chalk and cheese. They’re like chalk and cheese, those two.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The two brothers are as different as chalk and cheese. They’re like chalk and cheese, those two.· White chalk cliffs rose up from the sea.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· This twin thing ... you are separate people, different as chalk and cheese.· Yet their features were as different as chalk from cheese.· They are psychologically, spiritually and in personality as different as chalk and cheese.· These phenomena are as different as chalk from cheese.· The two men are as different as chalk and cheese.· I was a bigger rogue then than I am now but Benjamin was as different as chalk from cheese.
· A long chalk from resort children.· We must stop calling this the closest election of modern times, because it wasn't-not by a long chalk.· A long chalk, also, it would appear from their aunt, Rosette Fournier.· Mrs Cole isn't one of the worst cases I've seen, by a long chalk.· All she did know was that she hadn't seen the last of him by a long chalk!· No, not by a long chalk.· They are second best-and by a long chalk.
· These two specimens are beautifully preserved, extracted from a matrix of white chalk, which gives them their colour.· So I met this guy called Donahue. White like a chalk.· Beyond the hedge untidy maize was bordered on two sides by ploughed soil, speckled white with chalk.· All those carved white horses on chalk hillsides.· Her face was whiter than the chalk dusting it.· The starfish is preserved in soft white chalk, which fills in the interior of the animal.
NOUN· Next to the thin chalk downs in Wiltshire lies the Vale of Pewsey with its superb deep greensand.· Arlott loved Hove as he did all those counties of the chalk downs and Weald.
· Shadows merge into the snow; the woodcut turns into a shadowy chalk drawing.· He died soon afterwards and Samuel Cooper executed a chalk drawing of the boy on his death-bed.· An interesting insight into her approach is provided by a chalk drawing on blue hand-made paper dating from 1919.
· He looked down at his fingers and noted the chalk dust on their tips.· There were the eternal school smells of chalk dust, wax crayons, cedar shavings, damp wool, and warm children.· Now those slight differences of electrical potential had disappeared, like the chalk dust at the end of the lesson.
· The chalk pit itself is potentially a valuable habitat and adds yet one more facet to this lovely stretch of land.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals SYN limestone: - Middlesbrough and East Cleveland are like chalk and cheese.
- The two men are as different as chalk and cheese.
- They are psychologically, spiritually and in personality as different as chalk and cheese.
- They know that to compare that game to next Sunday's contest is to compare chalk and cheese.
- This twin thing ... you are separate people, different as chalk and cheese.
- We are chalk and cheese; our personalities are radically different and likely to abrade each other.
chalk cliffs2 (also chalks [plural]) small sticks of a white or coloured substance like soft rock, used for writing or drawing: a box of coloured chalks a piece of chalk writing in chalk on the blackboard3chalk and cheese British English completely different from each other: The two brothers are as different as chalk and cheese. They’re like chalk and cheese, those two. → long chalk at long1(21)chalk1 nounchalk2 verb
chalkchalk2 verb [transitive + up/on] to write, mark, or draw something with chalkchalk something ↔ up phrasal verb1to succeed in getting something, especially points in a game: Seattle chalked up another win last night over Denver.2to record what someone has done, what someone should pay etcchalk up to You can chalk the drinks up to my account.3chalk it up to experience informal to accept a failure or disappointment calmly and regard it as an experience that you can learn something from