chalkpit

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma pedreira ou escavação de onde se extrai giz ou creta.

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.

   🇵🇹Pedreira de giz

   Sinônimos: chalk pit