chalked
/tʃˈɔkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Written in or covered by chalk.
verb
simple past and past participle of chalk
Example Sentences
- "These points are joined diagonally by using a chalked length of cord which is held tight and then flicked to the floor, leaving a chalked straight line between each pair of points."
- "They chanted sacred texts in Spanish and creolized Ki-Kongo while lowering a charm from the ceiling of a shrine to a chalked sign drawn upon the floor :"
- "While the base layer of the first lacquer bindings were composed of heavily chalked leather or, according to Haldane, parchment, soon paper boards, fixed with gypsum or chalk, were being painted and finished with multiple layers of lacquer."
- "My chalked hands gripped the bars."
- "[...] what still aggravates the traveller is that he rarely learns that his week-end train has been re-scheduled until he arrives at the main station to begin his journey and catches sight of a chalked notice in the concourse."