<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of calf

  • (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.
  • (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
  • (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
  • (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
  • (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
  • (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