Associations to the word «Chalky»

Wiktionary

CHALKY, adjective. Consisting of or containing chalk.
CHALKY, adjective. Resembling chalk in any way.

Dictionary definition

CHALKY, adjective. Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk.
CHALKY, adjective. Of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky white".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats