| inglese > italiano | |
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| chalk | |
| 1. sost. gesso, creta | |
| 2. sost. gessetto (per scrivere sulla lavagna) | |
| 3. verb. scrivere o disegnare con il gesso | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| chalk | |
| 1. subst. A soft, white, powdery limestone. |  |
| 2. subst. A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. | |
| 3. subst. Tailor's chalk. | |
| 4. subst. (climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk. | |
| 5. subst. (US, military) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers. | |
| 6. subst. (US, sports) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win. | |
| 7. v. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue. | |
| 8. v. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk. | |
| 9. v. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field. | |
| 10. v. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. | |
| 11. v. To manure (land) with chalk. | |
| 12. v. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| gessetto | |
| 1. subst. Piece of chalk (for use on a blackboard etc) | |
