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.
Best Answer: Chalk sticks are manufactered from ground talc. Soapstone is the mined type of talc stone. Chalk is made to come apart easier on chalkboard so that the writing is much bolder. Soapstone is used for metal marking because it does not have that tendancy to mark as heavily and you can sharpen it to a point.