calender
Americannoun
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a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
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a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
noun
Other Word 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
Example Sentences
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Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers’ Union, said she is not opposed to adding extra school days but leaders should work with the union on any calender changes.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020
These vehicles divide your money between stocks and other investments and adjust that mix as the calender pages flip closer to retirement.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2020
But a recent decision by the Executive Committee has two events now also coming off the calender.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2017
Dwight Howard continued to be the best center in the NBA, but the man carried bad vibes with him all through the calender year, from the east coast to the west.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2012
A legal pencil a really legal pencil is incredible, it fastens the whole strong iron wire calender.
From Geography and Plays by Stein, Gertrude
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