chalkface.
A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
Meaning & usage
A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.
Where this word comes from
From chalk + face. In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.
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