Chalkpit (Noun)
Meaning
A quarry for chalk.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The village was surrounded by rolling hills with a working chalkpit in the nearby valley.
- A significant portion of the region's chalk supply came from this particular chalkpit.
- Environmentalists protested the expansion of the chalkpit, citing concerns about pollution and habitat destruction.
- Geologists studied the exposed layers of rock in the old chalkpit to better understand the area's history.
- The rugged landscape was dominated by the sprawling chalkpit, which had been quarried for centuries.