callus

1. 1.

   an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

   Synonymscallosity

   Broaderhardening

   Narrowercorn
2. 2.

   bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

   Broaderscar

   Narrowerchestnut
3. 3.

   (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

   Broaderplant process

   botany

1. 1.

   cause a callus to form on

   “The long march had callused his feet”

   Broaderharden
2. 2.

   form a callus or calluses

   “His foot callused”

   Broaderharden

Other forms of callus

plural

calli

past tense

callused·

present participle

callusing·

third person

calluses·

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 callus

What does callus mean?

callus means "an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in callus?

callus has 2 syllables: cal-lus. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ˈkæləs/.

What is another word for callus?

Close synonyms include callosity. 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 callus a common word?

callus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with callus?

1 word rhymes with callus. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.