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cal

1 American  
Cal 2 American  
[kal] / kæl /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Calvin.


Cal 3 American  
cal. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. calendar.

  2. caliber.

  3. calorie.


Cal. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. California.


cal. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. calendar

  2. calibre

  3. calorie (small)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cal. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Calorie (large)

  2. California

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

CAL 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. computer-aided (or -assisted) learning

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Some of the evidence dates back as far as 10,900 cal BP.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

The indictment said Kinnison identified himself, Martinez, Warner and Mele as part of “so cal 3%” or “3 percent so cal” in two posts to DC Brigade on Jan. 1.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021

“It should have just three ingredients: corn, cal and water.”

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2019

If an oatmeal cookie has 55 cal and John eats 4t cookies during the tth hour, how many net calories has he lost after 3 hours riding his bike?

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

And some other wrote Comedyes with great libertye of speche: which Comedies we cal Interludes.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander

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