calf

Meaning

A young cow or bull.
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
A small island, near a larger island.
A cabless railroad engine.
(informal) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

calves

cow

young cow

lower leg

bull calf

young animal

baby elephant

calf of leg

calf of the leg

calved ice

beby cattle

knee-pit

little calf

baby animal

small animal

small child

young bull

vituline

part of the calf

young of an animal

gastrocnemius

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑːf/

table From Middle English calf, kælf, kelf, from Old English cælf, ċealf; also cognate with German Kalb (“calf”), Dutch kalf (“calf”) and Danish kalv (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.