mid-calf

1. 1.

   the middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle

   Broadercalf

Questions about mid-calf

What does mid-calf mean?

mid-calf means "the middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle".

How many syllables are in mid-calf?

mid-calf has 2 syllables and divides as mid--calf under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is mid-calf a common word?

mid-calf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.