chalk
noun
a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
chalklike
-
a word derived from
chalk.
Example Sentences
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The chalklike markings on her face are specific to her fictional clan in the film, the River Tribe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
And the man's face—thin and seamed—became chalklike beneath the tan upon it.
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
He was in his day clothes, which were even more than ordinarily dishevelled, and his face, usually pale, was chalklike.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Arthur Cheney Train
His face was chalklike, and he was breathing quickly.
From The Vanished Messenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Shann took up the piece of soft chalklike stone he had found and drew another short white mark on the rust-red of a boulder well above tide level.
From Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
