bitter(Noun) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. bitter(Noun) A type of beer heavily flavored with hops. bitter(Noun) A turn of a cable about the bitts. bitter(Adjective) Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance) The coffee was bitter.
The word chalk comes from the Latin word âcalxâ. We get chalk from limestone. Most of the chalk you find today was made almost 60 to 100 million years ago. It is chemically made of calcium carbonate.
Since chalk is a very porous material, it tends to absorb water and store it. Use of chalk Chalk is pressed into white sticks which are then used for a variety of purposes from scribbling on the blackboard, outlining designs on fabrics for tailors and making art works on pavements.