calender

[ kal-uhn-der ]

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

/ ˈkælɪndə /

noun

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

calender

²

/ 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

Other Words From

• calen·der·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of calender¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of calender¹

from Persian kalandar

Origin of calender²

C17: from French calandre, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

I am a linendraper bold, as all the world doth know; And my good friend, the calender, will lend his horse to go.

From Project Gutenberg

Away went Gilpin out of breath, and sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's his horse at last stood still.

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Moir or “watered” effects are produced in a similar way, but these effects are frequently imitated in the embossing calender.

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The embossing calender is usually constructed of two bowls, one of which is of steel and the other of compressed cotton or paper.

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To calender paper, it is run through a series of alternate "chilled" and "paper" rolls.

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