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Collocations for chalk - noun

1. white rock

chalk + NOUN

bed
cliff, downs, hill (all esp. BrE)
pit, quarry

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PHRASES

chalk and cheese (BrE)
My two horses are as different as chalk and cheese.

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2. piece of chalk

ADJECTIVE

coloured/colored, white
a box of white chalks
sidewalk (AmE)

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… OF CHALK

piece, stick

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chalk + NOUN

drawing, line, mark, outline
dust
board (usually chalkboard)
talk (AmE)
He gave a chalk talk on the techniques of making a sale.

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PREPOSITION

in chalk
She had scrawled a note in chalk across the board.
with chalk
to write with chalk

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