calender

American  

[kal-uhn-der] / ˈkæl ən dər /

noun

1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.

2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.

---

verb (used with object)

1. to press in a calender.

calender ¹ British  

/ ˈkælɪndə /

noun

1. a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers

---

verb

1. (tr) to subject (material) to such a process

calender ² British  

/ ˈkælɪndə /

noun

1. a member of a mendicant order of dervishes in Turkey, Iran, and India

---

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• calenderer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of calender

1505–15; < Middle French calandre, by vowel assimilation < *colandre < Vulgar Latin *colendra, for Latin cylindrus cylinder; compare Middle English calendrer (< Anglo-French ) as name of occupation

Related Words

• classify
• detail
• enter
• file
• note
• place
• post
• register
• specify
• spell out