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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chalkface

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chalk-face
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover

noun

The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.

Etymology

From chalk + face. In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.

Inflected Forms

chalkfaces (plural)

Questions

What does chalkface mean?
A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
Where does chalkface come from?
From chalk + face. In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.

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