how to pronounce chalk

/tʃɔːk/

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the above transcription of chalk is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

chalk is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of chalk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… than the other villages chalk is a very …”

meaning of chalk

Chalk is a type of rock that is used to make a white line on a blackboard.

chalk frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word chalk occurs in english on average 9.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chalk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chalk can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) leisure and entertainment;