calf

calf is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
3. noun. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
4. noun. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
5. noun. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
6. noun. The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
7. noun. young of domestic cattle
8. noun. young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
9. noun. the muscular back part of the shank

   Synonyms: sura

10. noun. fine leather from the skin of a calf

    Synonyms: calfskin

Synonyms

sura, calfskin

Common word forms

calfs, calfless

Words from these letters

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