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chalk

n :  a soft white, gray, or buff limestone composed chiefly of the shells of foraminifers and sometimes used medicinally as a source of calcium carbonate - called also creta  - see PRECIPITATED CHALK PREPARED CHALK  chalky adj 
 
 

 
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