Cal
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of calorie. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 2 wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Cornwall, UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
- 3 calcium hydroxide, slaked lime uncountable
- 4 Clipping of caliber. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 5 Clipping of calendar. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"“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."
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- 6 Clipping of calibration. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 1 A short form of the male given names Caleb, Calum or Calvin.
- 2 A surname.
- 3 A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
- 4 University of California, Berkeley informal
- 5 California. informal, uncommon
Example
More examples"Since those biblical times, people in the Cal Madow Mountains have tapped the trees for their resin, which is burned as sweet incense."
Etymology
Clippings.
From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide.
Various origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cal. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala. * Borrowed from Polish Cal. * Borrowed from Turkish Çal.
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