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Calender Common

Calender has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers

"The factory workers adjusted the calender to ensure the new fabric came out perfectly smooth after being pressed between the heavy metal rollers."

2

Misspelling of calendar.

"The tourists gasped as a colorful calender spun wildly through the crowd, his body covered in intricate patterns and flashing cymbals."

3

One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.

Verb
1

press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets

"calender paper"

2

To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender.

"The factory workers carefully fed the fresh linen through the heavy metal rollers to calender it until the fabric was perfectly smooth and shiny."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
machine press
Rhyming Words
der ider oder eder cder hoder alder nader under udder loder inder seder wider moder coder order cnder odder cyder
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