calender

calender has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. One who pursues the business of calendering.
• n.. To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.
• n.. One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
• n.. a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
• v.. press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets; "calender paper"