Supper vs. Chalk — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supper and Chalk
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Supper
Supper was originally a secondary lighter evening meal. The main meal of the day, called dinner, used to be served closer to what is known as lunchtime, around the middle of the day, but crept later over the centuries, mostly over the course of the 19th century.
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton which had fallen to the sea floor. Chalk is common throughout Western Europe, where deposits underlie parts of France, and steep cliffs are often seen where they meet the sea in places such as the Dover cliffs on the Kent coast of the English Channel.
Supper
An evening meal; dinner.
Chalk
A white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
Supper
A light or informal evening meal, especially when dinner is taken at midday.
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Chalk
Short for French chalk
Supper
A light meal eaten before going to bed.
Chalk
Write or draw with chalk
He chalked a message on the board
Supper
A dance or social affair where supper is served.
Chalk
Charge (drinks bought in a pub or bar) to a person's account
He chalked the bill on to the Professor's private account
Supper
Food consumed before going to bed.
Chalk
A soft compact calcite, CaCO3, with varying amounts of silica, quartz, feldspar, or other mineral impurities, generally gray-white or yellow-white and derived chiefly from fossil seashells.
Supper
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
We normally have supper at 7.
Chalk
A piece of chalk or chalklike substance in crayon form, used for marking on a blackboard or other surface.
Supper
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
A pizza supper
Chalk
(Games) A small cube of chalk used in rubbing the tip of a billiard or pool cue to increase its friction with the cue ball.
Supper
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
Chalk
A mark made with chalk.
Supper
To consume a snack before retiring.
Chalk
Chiefly British A score or tally.
Supper
To eat dinner (see above).
Chalk
To mark, draw, or write with chalk
Chalked my name on the blackboard.
Supper
A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Chalk
To rub or cover with chalk, as the tip of a billiard cue.
Supper
To take supper; to sup.
Chalk
To make pale; whiten.
Supper
To supply with supper.
Chalk
To treat (soil, for example) with chalk.
Supper
A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
Chalk
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
Chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing
Supper
A social gathering where a light evening meal is served;
Her suppers often included celebrities
Chalk
(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).
The chalk used to write on the blackboard makes a squeaky sound
Chalk
Tailor's chalk.
Chalk
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).
When working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag
Chalk
A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
Chalk
The favorite in a sporting event.
Chalk
The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
Chalk
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
Chalk your hands before climbing
Chalk
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
Chalk
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
Chalk
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
Chalk
To manure (land) with chalk.
Chalk
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Chalk
A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.
Chalk
Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.
Chalk
To rub or mark with chalk.
Chalk
To manure with chalk, as land.
Chalk
To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.
Chalk
A soft whitish calcite
Chalk
A pure flat white with little reflectance
Chalk
Amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Chalk
A piece of chalk (or similar substance) used for writing on blackboards or other surfaces
Chalk
Write, draw, or trace with chalk
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