"chalk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɔk/ [General-American], /t͡ʃɑk/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-chalk.ogg Forms: chalks [plural]
enPR: chôk [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chalk}} Middle English chalk, {{m|enm|chalke}} chalke, {{der|en|ang|ċealc}} Old English ċealc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kalk}} Proto-West Germanic *kalk, {{der|en|la|calx||limestone}} Latin calx (“limestone”), {{der|en|grc|χάλιξ||pebble}} Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”), {{doublet|en|calx}} Doublet of calx, {{m|en|cauk}} cauk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chalk (countable and uncountable, plural chalks)
  1. (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃). Tags: uncountable Translations (a soft, white, powdery limestone): kryt (Afrikaans), shkumës (Albanian), γύψος (gúpsos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), طَبْشُورَة (ṭabšūra) [feminine] (Arabic), կավիճ (kavič) (Armenian), xiz [masculine] (Asturian), təbaşir (Azerbaijani), аҡбур (aqbur) (Bashkir), бур (bur) (Bashkir), klera (Basque), крэ́йда (kréjda) [feminine] (Belarusian), мел (mjel) [masculine] (Belarusian), সফেদা (śopheda) (Bengali), সফেদ (śophed) (Bengali), kleiz [masculine] (Breton), кре́да (kréda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), creta [feminine] (Catalan), گەچ (geç) (Central Kurdish), 白堊 (Chinese Mandarin), 白垩 (bái'è) (Chinese Mandarin), krey [masculine] (Cornish), křída [feminine] (Czech), kridt [neuter] (Danish), گَچ (gač) (Dari), krijt [neuter] (Dutch), krijtgesteente [neuter] (Dutch), пор (por) (Eastern Mari), пор (por) (Erzya), kreto (Esperanto), kriit (Estonian), krit [neuter] (Faroese), liitukivi (Finnish), craie [feminine] (French), ges [masculine] (Friulian), xiz [masculine] (Galician), ცარცი (carci) (Georgian), Kreide [feminine] (German), κιμωλία (kimolía) [feminine] (Greek), allaat (Greenlandic), खड़िया (khaṛiyā) [masculine] (Hindi), kréta (Hungarian), krítarsteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), kapur (Indonesian), valaskivi (Ingrian), گَچ (gač) (Iranian Persian), cailc [feminine] (Irish), gesso [masculine] (Italian), creta [feminine] (Italian), 白亜 (hakua) (alt: はくあ) (Japanese), церд (tserd) (Kalmyk), chokaa (Kamba), miela (Karelian), kreda [feminine] (Kashubian), бор (bor) (Kazakh), ដីស (dəy sɑɑ) (Khmer), shokaa (Kikuyu), мел (mel) (Komi-Zyrian), 백악 (baegak) (alt: 白堊) (Korean), бор (bor) (Kyrgyz), ປູນ (pūn) (Lao), crēta [feminine] (Latin), krīts [masculine] (Latvian), tæra róssa [feminine] (Ligurian), kreida [feminine] (Lithuanian), creia [feminine] (Lombard), krida [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), echokaa (Luhya), Kräid [feminine] (Luxembourgish), креда (kreda) [feminine] (Macedonian), вар (var) [feminine] (Macedonian), kapur (Malay), kelk (Manx), ckoka (Meru), choka (Meru), creta [feminine] (Neapolitan), चूना (cūnā) (Nepali), craie [feminine] (Norman), kritt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), krit [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), greda [feminine] (Occitan), ċealc [masculine] (Old English), boronqii (Oromo), تباشير (tabāšir) [masculine] (Pashto), creja [feminine] (Piedmontese), Kjried [feminine] (Plautdietsch), kreda [feminine] (Polish), gesso [feminine] (Portuguese), cretă [feminine] (Romanian), мел (mel) [masculine] (Russian), cailc [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), кре́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ва́пно [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kréda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vápno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), krieda [feminine] (Slovak), kreda [feminine] (Slovene), creta [feminine] (Spanish), chaki (Swahili), krita (Swedish), tisa (Tagalog), yeso (Tagalog), бӯр (bür) (Tajik), табошир (tabošir) (Tajik), гач (gač) (Tajik), సుద్ద (sudda) (Telugu), หินดินสอพอง (Thai), tebeşir (Turkish), мацӏикӏул (mac̣iḳul) (Udi), бур (bur) (Udmurt), кре́йда (kréjda) (Ukrainian), کَھڑِیا (khaṛiyā) [masculine] (Urdu), چاک (cāk) [masculine] (Urdu), بور (bor) (Uyghur), boʻr (Uzbek), phấn (Vietnamese), đá phấn (Vietnamese), krajd [feminine] (Vilamovian), melto (Votic), kriit' (Võro), sialc [masculine] (Welsh), пор (por) (Western Mari), קרײַד (krayd) [feminine] (Yiddish), ṣọ́ọ̀kì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:calcium_carbonate_rock Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 17 18 19 4 7 11 1 3 4 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'a soft, white, powdery limestone': 52 11 12 17 1 2 6
  2. (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard). Tags: countable Categories (topical): Writing instruments Translations (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard): kryt (Afrikaans), shkumës [feminine] (Albanian), طَبْشُورَة (ṭabšūra) [feminine] (Arabic), կավիճ (kavič) (Armenian), tiz [feminine] (Asturian), tiza [feminine] (Asturian), xiz [masculine] (Asturian), tabaşir (Azerbaijani), təbaşir (Azerbaijani), аҡбур (aqbur) (Bashkir), бур (bur) (Bashkir), klera (Basque), klariona (Basque), крэ́йда (kréjda) [feminine] (Belarusian), мел (mjel) [masculine] (Belarusian), চক (cok) (Bengali), kleiz (Breton), тебеши́р (tebešír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кре́да (kréda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), မြေဖြူခဲ (mrehpruhkai:) (Burmese), guix [masculine] (Catalan), تەباشیر (tebaşîr) (Central Kurdish), گەچ (geç) (Central Kurdish), 粉筆 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉笔 (fěnbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), пурӑ (pură) (Chuvash), bor (Crimean Tatar), křída [feminine] (Czech), kridt [neuter] (Danish), گَچ (gač) (Dari), krijt [neuter] (Dutch), krijtje [neuter] (Dutch), пор (por) (Eastern Mari), kreto (Esperanto), kriit (Estonian), krit [neuter] (Faroese), liitu (Finnish), craie [feminine] (French), xiz [masculine] (Galician), ცარცი (carci) (Georgian), Kreide [feminine] (German), κιμωλία (kimolía) [feminine] (Greek), τεμπεσίρι (tempesíri) [neuter] (Greek), גִּיר (gir) [masculine] (Hebrew), चाक (cāk) [masculine] (Hindi), खड़िया (khaṛiyā) [masculine] (Hindi), kréta (Hungarian), chok (Iban), krít [feminine] (Icelandic), kapur tulis (Indonesian), kapur (Indonesian), گَچ (gač) (Iranian Persian), cailc [feminine] (Irish), gessetto [masculine] (Italian), チョーク (chōku) (Japanese), 白墨 (hakuboku) (alt: はくぼく) (Japanese), церд (tserd) (Kalmyk), kreda [feminine] (Kashubian), бор (bor) (Kazakh), ដីស (dəy sɑɑ) (Khmer), мел (mel) (Komi-Zyrian), 분필 (bunpil) (alt: 粉筆) (Korean), бор (bor) (Kyrgyz), ສໍຂາວ (sǭ khāo) (Lao), krīts [masculine] (Latvian), kreida [feminine] (Lithuanian), krida [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Kräid [feminine] (Luxembourgish), креда (kreda) [feminine] (Macedonian), kapur tulis (Malay), kapur (Malay), ചോക്ക് (cōkkŭ) (Malayalam), tioka (Maori), खडू (khaḍū) [masculine] (Marathi), пур (pur) (Moksha), шохой (šoxoj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), цэрд (cerd) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), dleesh (Navajo), bee naʼadzooí (Navajo), चक (cak) (Nepali), खरीमट्टी (kharīmaṭṭī) (Nepali), craie [feminine] (Norman), kritt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), krit [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), greda [feminine] (Occitan), تباشير (tabāšír) [masculine] (Pashto), kreda [feminine] (Polish), giz [masculine] (Portuguese), cretă [feminine] (Romanian), мел (mel) [masculine] (Russian), мело́к (melók) [masculine] (Russian), cailc [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), кре́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kréda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krieda [feminine] (Slovak), kreda [feminine] (Slovene), tiza [feminine] (Spanish), gis [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), clarión [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), pizarrín [masculine] (Spanish), chaki (Swahili), krita [common-gender] (Swedish), tisa (Tagalog), yeso (Tagalog), бӯр (bür) (Tajik), табошир (tabošir) (Tajik), гач (gač) (Tajik), бур (bur) (Tatar), акбур (aqbur) (Tatar), సుద్దముక్క (suddamukka) (Telugu), ชอล์ก (chɔ́k) (Thai), tebeşir (Turkish), hek (Turkmen), mel (Turkmen), кӏавучӏ (ḳavuč̣) (Udi), мацӏикӏул (mac̣iḳul) (Udi), бур (bur) (Udmurt), кре́йда (kréjda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), چاک (cāk) [masculine] (Urdu), بور (bor) (Uyghur), boʻr (Uzbek), phấn (Vietnamese), phấn viết (Vietnamese), phấn viết bảng (Vietnamese), krajd [feminine] (Vilamovian), sialc [masculine] (Welsh), пор (por) (Western Mari), миэл (miel) (Yakut), קרײַד (krayd) [feminine] (Yiddish), ṣọ́ọ̀kì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:chalkboard_chalk Disambiguation of Writing instruments: 7 25 10 19 3 6 10 2 2 6 2 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 17 18 19 4 7 11 1 3 4 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard': 2 71 1 18 2 2 4
  3. Tailor's chalk. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:tailor_s_chalk Disambiguation of Rocks: 12 14 19 12 3 4 11 2 2 3 2 11 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 16 26 12 3 6 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 17 18 19 4 7 11 1 3 4 1 1 2
  4. (uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Climbing, Gymnastics Translations (… prevent from falling when climbing): magnèsia [feminine] (Catalan), liitu (Finnish), magnesium (Finnish), magnésie [feminine] (French), Magnesiapulver (German), magnesíum (Icelandic), magnezja [feminine] (Polish), magnesio [masculine] (Spanish), magnezyum (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:gymnast_s_chalk Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 17 18 19 4 7 11 1 3 4 1 1 2 Topics: climbing, gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of '… prevent from falling when climbing': 6 9 3 67 4 5 7
  5. (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers. Tags: US, countable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:airborne_group Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Basketball, Sports Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:favored_athlete Categories (other): American English Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
  7. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Basketball, Sports
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-noun-en:win_by_a_favored_athlete Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 17 18 19 4 7 11 1 3 4 1 1 2 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chaulk [dated] Related terms: calcium, calx

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɔk/ [General-American], /t͡ʃɑk/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-chalk.ogg Forms: chalks [present, singular, third-person], chalking [participle, present], chalked [participle, past], chalked [past]
enPR: chôk [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chalk}} Middle English chalk, {{m|enm|chalke}} chalke, {{der|en|ang|ċealc}} Old English ċealc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kalk}} Proto-West Germanic *kalk, {{der|en|la|calx||limestone}} Latin calx (“limestone”), {{der|en|grc|χάλιξ||pebble}} Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”), {{doublet|en|calx}} Doublet of calx, {{m|en|cauk}} cauk Head templates: {{en-verb}} chalk (third-person singular simple present chalks, present participle chalking, simple past and past participle chalked)
  1. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-lFblWMvj
  2. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-uTem3ZGc
  3. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-ieBrFOwW
  4. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-LrfPz6kM
  5. To manure (land) with chalk.
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-KlJINT5O
  6. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
    Sense id: en-chalk-en-verb-5dwtoZuD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chaulk [dated] Derived forms: chalk down, chalk off, chalk out, chalk something up to experience, chalk up, chalk up to

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ball of chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "black chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Briançon chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "by a long chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk and cheese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk and talk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk bag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalkboard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk box"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk eater"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk-eating weasel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Chalk Farm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk fish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk for cheese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk line"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk maple"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk mixture"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk player"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk stream"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk talk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalkware"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalk-white"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chalky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "different as chalk and cheese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "French chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gym chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gymnastics chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hair chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hand chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lifting chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pavement chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "red chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sidewalk chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Spanish chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walk the chalk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walk the chalk line"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walk the chalk mark"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weightlifting chalk"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "चाक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: चाक (cāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: चाक (cāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "チャコ",
            "3": "チョーク",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "chako",
            "tr2": "chōku"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: チャコ (chako), チョーク (chōku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: チャコ (chako), チョーク (chōku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "चक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: चक (cak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: चक (cak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "chaki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: chaki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: chaki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "íshóki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swazi: íshóki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swazi: íshóki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ชอล์ก",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ชอล์ก (chɔ́k)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ชอล์ก (chɔ́k)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ts",
            "2": "choko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tsonga: choko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tsonga: choko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tcy",
            "2": "ಚಾಕ್",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tulu: ಚಾಕ್ (cākŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tulu: ಚಾಕ್ (cākŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "ṣọ́ọ̀kì",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "cauk"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.",
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        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kryt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "shkumës"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭabšūra",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "طَبْشُورَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kavič",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "կավիճ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "təbaşir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "aqbur",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "аҡбур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "bur",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "бур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "klera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kréjda",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крэ́йда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mjel",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śopheda",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "সফেদা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śophed",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "সফেদ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kleiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kréda",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кре́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "creta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "白堊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bái'è",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "白垩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "křída"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kridt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "krijt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "krijtgesteente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "por",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kreto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kriit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "krit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "liitukivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "craie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "carci",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "ცარცი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kreide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kimolía",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κιμωλία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "gúpsos",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γύψος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "allaat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "khaṛiyā",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "खड़िया"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kréta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krítarsteinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "valaskivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cailc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gesso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "creta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "alt": "はくあ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakua",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "白亜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "tserd",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "церд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "kam",
          "lang": "Kamba",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "chokaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "krl",
          "lang": "Karelian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "miela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kreda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bor",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "бор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "dəy sɑɑ",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "ដីស"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ki",
          "lang": "Kikuyu",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "shokaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "mel",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "мел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "alt": "白堊",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "baegak",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "백악"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "geç",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "گەچ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bor",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "бор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pūn",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "ປູນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crēta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krīts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tæra róssa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kreida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "creia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "echokaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kräid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kreda",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "креда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "var",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "kelk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "por",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mrj",
          "lang": "Western Mari",
          "roman": "por",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mer",
          "lang": "Meru",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "ckoka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "mer",
          "lang": "Meru",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "choka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "creta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "cūnā",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "चूना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "craie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kritt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "krit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "greda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ċealc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 11 12 17 1 2 6",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
          "word": "boronqii"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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        },
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        {
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          "word": "চক"
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          "word": "မြေဖြူခဲ"
        },
        {
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          "word": "liitu"
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          "word": "ცარცი"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
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          "word": "chok"
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        {
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cailc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "gessetto"
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        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "チョーク"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "alt": "はくぼく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
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          "word": "церд"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Kashubian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "word": "бор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "dəy sɑɑ",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "ដីស"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "mel",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "мел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "alt": "粉筆",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bunpil",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "분필"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "tebaşîr",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "تەباشیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "geç",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "گەچ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bor",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "бор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sǭ khāo",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "ສໍຂາວ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krīts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kreida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Kräid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kreda",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "креда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "kapur tulis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "kapur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cōkkŭ",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "ചോക്ക്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "tioka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "khaḍū",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "खडू"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "por",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mrj",
          "lang": "Western Mari",
          "roman": "por",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mdf",
          "lang": "Moksha",
          "roman": "pur",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "пур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "šoxoj",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "шохой"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "cerd",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "цэрд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "dleesh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "bee naʼadzooí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "cak",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "चक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "kharīmaṭṭī",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "खरीमट्टी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "craie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "greda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tabāšír",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تباشير"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "roman": "gač",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "گَچ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "gač",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "گَچ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kreda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "giz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cretă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "мел"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "мело́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cailc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "кре́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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          "word": "kréda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krieda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kreda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krida"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tiza"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "gis"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "clarión"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          ],
          "word": "pizarrín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "chaki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "krita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "tisa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "yeso"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "bür",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "бӯр"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tabošir",
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        {
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          "word": "гач"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "bur",
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          "word": "бур"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "aqbur",
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          "word": "акбур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "suddamukka",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "సుద్దముక్క"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chɔ́k",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "ชอล์ก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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        },
        {
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        {
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          "word": "mel"
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        {
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          "code": "udi",
          "lang": "Udi",
          "roman": "ḳavuč̣",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "кӏавучӏ"
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        {
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          "code": "udi",
          "lang": "Udi",
          "roman": "mac̣iḳul",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "мацӏикӏул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "bur",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "бур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kréjda",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кре́йда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "cāk",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "چاک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bor",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "بور"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "boʻr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "phấn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "phấn viết bảng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "wym",
          "lang": "Vilamovian",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krajd"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sialc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
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          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "миэл"
        },
        {
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "krayd",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "קרײַד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 71 1 18 2 2 4",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
          "word": "ṣọ́ọ̀kì"
        }
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          "ref": "1982 March 22, Phil Musick, “And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 13",
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔk/",
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑk/",
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      "homophone": "chock"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "chalk fish"
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      "word": "chalk maple"
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      "word": "chalk mixture"
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      "word": "chalk player"
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    {
      "word": "chalk stream"
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      "word": "chalk talk"
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      "word": "chalkware"
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      "word": "chalk-white"
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      "word": "chalky"
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      "word": "different as chalk and cheese"
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      "word": "French chalk"
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    {
      "word": "gym chalk"
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    {
      "word": "gymnastics chalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "hair chalk"
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    {
      "word": "hand chalk"
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    {
      "word": "lifting chalk"
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    {
      "word": "pavement chalk"
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    {
      "word": "red chalk"
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      "word": "sidewalk chalk"
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      "word": "walk the chalk line"
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            "tr2": "chōku"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: チャコ (chako), チョーク (chōku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: チャコ (chako), チョーク (chōku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "चक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: चक (cak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: चक (cak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "chaki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: chaki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: chaki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "íshóki",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swazi: íshóki",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swazi: íshóki"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ชอล์ก",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ชอล์ก (chɔ́k)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ชอล์ก (chɔ́k)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ts",
            "2": "choko",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tsonga: choko",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tsonga: choko"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tcy",
            "2": "ಚಾಕ್",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tulu: ಚಾಕ್ (cākŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tulu: ಚಾಕ್ (cākŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "ṣọ́ọ̀kì",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "chalk"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English chalk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "chalke"
      },
      "expansion": "chalke",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ċealc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ċealc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kalk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kalk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calx",
        "4": "",
        "5": "limestone"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calx (“limestone”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χάλιξ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pebble"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "calx"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of calx",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cauk"
      },
      "expansion": "cauk",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chalks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "chalk (countable and uncountable, plural chalks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "calcium"
    },
    {
      "word": "calx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powdery",
          "powdery"
        ],
        [
          "limestone",
          "limestone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:calcium carbonate rock"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the chalk used to write on the blackboard makes a squeaky sound",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gypsum",
          "gypsum"
        ],
        [
          "blackboard",
          "blackboard"
        ],
        [
          "chalkboard",
          "chalkboard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:chalkboard chalk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tailor's chalk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tailor's chalk",
          "tailor's chalk"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:tailor's chalk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Climbing",
        "en:Gymnastics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "when working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "climbing",
          "climbing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gymnastics",
          "gymnastics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:gymnast's chalk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climbing",
        "gymnastics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "platoon",
          "platoon"
        ],
        [
          "airborne",
          "airborne"
        ],
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:airborne group"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Basketball",
        "en:Horse racing",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The favorite in a sporting event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:favored athlete"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Basketball",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982 March 22, Phil Musick, “And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 13",
          "text": "OK, let's get rid of the chalk players right away. The chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 April 6, “Notes on a Scorecard”, in Los Angeles Times, page C3",
          "text": "Excuse us for sticking with the chalk, but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 March 24, Jason Bauman, “Non-news of the week: Obama picks North Carolina”, in Beacon-News, Aurora, Illinois",
          "text": "Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "favored",
          "favored"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:win by a favored athlete"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chock"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chalk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/En-us-chalk.ogg/En-us-chalk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/En-us-chalk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "chôk",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "chaulk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kryt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "shkumës"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭabšūra",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طَبْشُورَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kavič",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "կավիճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "təbaşir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "aqbur",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "аҡбур"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "klera"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kréjda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крэ́йда"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjel",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śopheda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "সফেদা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śophed",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "সফেদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kleiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kréda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "白堊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bái'è",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "白垩"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krey"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "křída"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kridt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krijt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krijtgesteente"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "por",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kriit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "liitukivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ges"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "carci",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "ცარცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreide"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kimolía",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κιμωλία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gúpsos",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γύψος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "allaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khaṛiyā",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खड़िया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kréta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krítarsteinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "valaskivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくあ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakua",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "白亜"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "tserd",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "церд"
    },
    {
      "code": "kam",
      "lang": "Kamba",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "chokaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "krl",
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "miela"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dəy sɑɑ",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "ដីស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "shokaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kpv",
      "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
      "roman": "mel",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "alt": "白堊",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baegak",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "백악"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "geç",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "گەچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pūn",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "ປູນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crēta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tæra róssa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreida"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creia"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "echokaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kräid"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kreda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "креда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "var",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kelk"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "por",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "por",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "ckoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "choka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "cūnā",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "चूना"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kritt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krit"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ċealc"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "boronqii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tabāšir",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تباشير"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "گَچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "گَچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjried"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cretă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mel",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailc"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ва́пно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kréda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vápno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krieda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "creta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "chaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "krita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "tisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "yeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bür",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "бӯр"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tabošir",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "табошир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "гач"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sudda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "సుద్ద"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "หินดินสอพอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "tebeşir"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "mac̣iḳul",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "мацӏикӏул"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kréjda",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "кре́йда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "khaṛiyā",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کَھڑِیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "cāk",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "چاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "بور"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "boʻr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "phấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "đá phấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krajd"
    },
    {
      "code": "vro",
      "lang": "Võro",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "kriit'"
    },
    {
      "code": "vot",
      "lang": "Votic",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "melto"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sialc"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "krayd",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קרײַד"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "a soft, white, powdery limestone",
      "word": "ṣọ́ọ̀kì"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kryt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "shkumës"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭabšūra",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طَبْشُورَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kavič",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "կավիճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "tabaşir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "təbaşir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "aqbur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "аҡбур"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "klera"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "klariona"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kréjda",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крэ́йда"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjel",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cok",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "চক"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kleiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tebešír",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тебеши́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kréda",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mrehpruhkai:",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "မြေဖြူခဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "粉筆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fěnbǐ",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "粉笔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "pură",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "пурӑ"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "bor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "křída"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kridt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krijt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krijtje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kriit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "liitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "carci",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ცარცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreide"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kimolía",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κιμωλία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tempesíri",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τεμπεσίρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gir",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גִּיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cāk",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चाक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khaṛiyā",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खड़िया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kréta"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "chok"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krít"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kapur tulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gessetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōku",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "チョーク"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくぼく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakuboku",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "白墨"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "tserd",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "церд"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dəy sɑɑ",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ដីស"
    },
    {
      "code": "kpv",
      "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
      "roman": "mel",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "alt": "粉筆",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bunpil",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "분필"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "tebaşîr",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "تەباشیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "geç",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "گەچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sǭ khāo",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ສໍຂາວ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreida"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kräid"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kreda",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "креда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kapur tulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "kapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cōkkŭ",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ചോക്ക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "tioka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "khaḍū",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खडू"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "por",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "por",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mdf",
      "lang": "Moksha",
      "roman": "pur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "пур"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šoxoj",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шохой"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cerd",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "цэрд"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "dleesh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "bee naʼadzooí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "cak",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "चक"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "kharīmaṭṭī",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "खरीमट्टी"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kritt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krit"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tabāšír",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تباشير"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "گَچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "گَچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cretă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mel",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "melók",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мело́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailc"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kréda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krieda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreda"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clarión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pizarrín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "chaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "tisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "yeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bür",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бӯр"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tabošir",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "табошир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "гач"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "aqbur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "акбур"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "suddamukka",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "సుద్దముక్క"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chɔ́k",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ชอล์ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "tebeşir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "hek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "mel"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "ḳavuč̣",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "кӏавучӏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "mac̣iḳul",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "мацӏикӏул"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "bur",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "бур"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kréjda",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́йда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "cāk",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "چاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "بور"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "boʻr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "phấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "phấn viết"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "phấn viết bảng"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krajd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sialc"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "miel",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "миэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "krayd",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קרײַד"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard",
      "word": "ṣọ́ọ̀kì"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "magnèsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "word": "liitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "word": "magnesium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "magnésie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "word": "Magnesiapulver"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "word": "magnesíum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "magnezja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magnesio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "… prevent from falling when climbing",
      "word": "magnezyum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalk"
}

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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of calx",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cauk"
      },
      "expansion": "cauk",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chalks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chalking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chalked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chalked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chalk (third-person singular simple present chalks, present participle chalking, simple past and past participle chalked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "chalk your hands before climbing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6",
          "text": "After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "billiard",
          "billiard"
        ],
        [
          "cue",
          "cue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blackboard",
          "blackboard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1821, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, volume 39, page 11",
          "text": "I then chalked the land at an expense of 4l. per acre, and planted potatoes, about ten bushels to the acre […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To manure (land) with chalk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manure",
          "manure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chock"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chalk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/En-us-chalk.ogg/En-us-chalk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/En-us-chalk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "chôk",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "chaulk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalk"
}

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