Dictionary Entry
calender
calender is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
One who pursues the business of calendering.
- 3noun
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.
- 4noun
One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
- 5noun
a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
- 6verb
press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets
"calender paper"
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