calf

1. 1.

   young of domestic cattle

   Broaderyoung mammal

   Narrowerdogiemaverick

   Part ofcattle

   Partsveal
2. 2.

   the muscular back part of the shank

   Synonymssura

   Broaderskeletal muscle

   Narrowermid-calf

   Part ofshank

   PartsgastrocnemiussoleusAchilles tendon
3. 3.

   fine leather from the skin of a calf

   Synonymscalfskin

   Broaderleather

   Narrowerbox calf
4. 4.

   young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

   Broaderyoung mammal

Other forms of calf

plural

calves

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calf

What does calf mean?

calf means "young of domestic cattle". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in calf?

calf has 1 syllable: calf. In IPA it is /ˈkæf/.

What is another word for calf?

Close synonyms include sura, calfskin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calf a common word?

calf is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.