calender
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
calender (plural calenders)
- Misspelling of calendar
- A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
- One who pursues the business of calendering.
- (one in the business or trade of calendering) calendrer
calender (calenders, present participle calendering; past and past participle calendered)
- 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.
calender (plural calenders)
- One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
- French: calender
- Portuguese: calênder
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