chalk-white

adjective

Chalky white.

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Meanings

adjectivechalk-white (comparative more chalk-white, superlative most chalk-white)

comparative more chalk-white · superlative most chalk-white · alternative chalkwhite

  1. Chalky white.

    I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale

    1998, Eve 6, “Inside Out”, in Eve 6
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    Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.

    2015, Arne Dahl, Europa Blues, →ISBN

Origin

From chalk + white.

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Translations

Polish kredowobiały
  • kredowobiałycolour
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APA

chalk-white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalk-white

MLA

“chalk-white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalk-white. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalk-white,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalk-white.

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