chalkpit

A noun referring to a quarry or excavation site where chalk is extracted.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une carrière ou un lieu d'extraction où l'on extrait de la craie.

1. Chalk quarry C1 formal british

   A quarry or excavation site where chalk is extracted from the ground.

   • The old chalkpit was repurposed as a nature reserve.
   • Geologists studied the layers of rock in the chalkpit.
   • The village was built near an abandoned chalkpit.

   🇫🇷Carrière de craie

   Synonymes: chalk pit