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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The emails, and calender kept entries for Mr. Epstein while he was staying at his Manhattan mansion, were obtained through a public records request to the attorney general for the U.S.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
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
But a recent decision by the Executive Committee has two events now also coming off the calender.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2017
Siemens still expects to sell shares in its Osram lighting unit, where sales grew 7 percent in the quarter, during the calender year 2012, CFO Kaeser said.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 24, 2012
In a modern five-bowl calender the bottom bowl is made of cast iron, the second of compressed cotton or paper, the third of iron being hollow and fitted with steam heating apparatus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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