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noun • a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder verb • apply talcum powder to (one's body) | ||||||||
| 33% | 9 | Mineral used as chalk by tailors | ||||||
noun • a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments | ||||||||
| 29% | 5 | Hard mineral often found embedded in chalk | ||||||
noun • a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River • a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony • a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
French Chalk Mineral Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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Similar Clues
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1 | Food, such as Comté or Vacherin Mont d’Or, made in fruitières from the milk of French Simmental cows; or, the idiomatic opposite of “chalk”
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
10 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 10 Jun 2023 |
2 | French chalk
New York Times -
28 Dec 1983 | New York Times / 28 Dec 1983 |
3 | French chalk user
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01 Jul 2007 | New York Times Bonus / 01 Jul 2007 |
4 | Hard mineral often found embedded in chalk | |
5 | Mineral in tailor's chalk
New York Times -
11 Aug 2010 | New York Times / 11 Aug 2010 |
6 | Mineral used as chalk by tailors
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19 Aug 2011 | New York Times / 19 Aug 2011 |
7 | Named after the Latin word for 'chalk', due to the high amount of chalk deposits |
