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The Meaning of calf
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(n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
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(n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
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(n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
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(n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
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(n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
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(n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
Synonyms
sura
,
calfskin
Homophones
caff
,
caph
,
kaph
,
qaf
Rhymes
allograph
,
assaf
,
autograph
,
behalf
,
braff
,
carafe
,
chaff
,
choreograph
,
draff
,
echograph
,
epitaph
,
falstaff
,
flagstaff
,
fraph
,
gaf
,
gaff
,
gaffe
,
giraffe
,
graef
,
graefe
,
graeff
,
graf
,
graff
,
graph
,
haff
,
half
,
hectograph
,
laff
,
laugh
,
lithograph
,
mimeograph
,
monograph
,
naff
,
paff
,
paragraph
,
pfaff
,
phonograph
,
photograph
,
polygraph
,
raf
,
raff
,
riffraff
,
schaff
,
sclaff
,
shaff
,
sielaff
,
skaff
,
spectrograph
,
staff
,
staph
,
taff
,
taffe
,
telegraph
,
unitaf
,
yaffe