calf
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calf1
▶noun (pl. calves)
- 1 a young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year.
- 2 the young of some other large mammals, such as elephants.
- 3 a floating piece of ice detached from an iceberg.
– derivatives
calf-like adjective.
calf-like adjective.
– origin OE cælf, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calf2
▶noun (pl. calves) the fleshy part at the back of a person's leg below the knee.
– origin ME: from ON kálfi.
'calf' also found in these Oxford entries:
Achilles tendon
- ankle
- bobby calf
- bossy
- bovver boots
- brawn
- buskin
- calf love
- calfskin
- calve
- calves
- clamdiggers
- cow
- dogie
- fat
- freemartin
- garter
- gastrocnemius
- haggis
- half-boot
- heifer
- maverick
- midi
- mock turtle soup
- New Look
- pantaloon
- pedal pusher
- peroneal
- prairie oyster
- rennet
- Russian boot
- soleus
- sook
- sural
- toreador pants
- tree calf
- trumeau
- veal
- vellum
- weaner
