English Explanatory Dictionary

chalkface

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
  2. The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.

Word forms

chalkface chalkfaces

Etymology

From chalk + face. In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.

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