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Meaning of calf

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

calf

Pronunciation:/kæf//kɐːf//kɑːf//kæf/

noun

Definitions

  1. A young cow or bull.

  2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

  3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).

  4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

calf

Pronunciation:/kæf//kɐːf//kɑːf//kæf/

noun

Definitions

  1. The back of the leg below the knee.

  2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.