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cal

nounnounnouncommon in dialogue

  • //kæl//

Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of calorieinformalClipping of calorie.

  2. 2

    Variant of caliberinformalClipping of caliber.

  3. 3

    Variant of calendarinformalClipping of calendar.

    “I set an hour on my cal every day for a home workout. Then I’d be on calls for three hours, then I’d make a homemade breakfast, take a walk at lunchtime, work on something non-screen-related in the evening, cook dinner and go on a run,” she said.

  4. 4

    Variant of calibrationClipping of calibration.

  5. 5

    Variant of calculatorClipping of calculator.

Etymology

Clippings.

noun

  1. 1

    archaicwolfram, an ore of tungsten.

noun

  1. 1

    Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

Etymology

Clipping of calcium hydroxide.

Forms

plural
cals
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).