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Synonyms for calf

Most common

leg surat cowling calfskin cowlet

All synonyms

Noun

leg, calfskin, steer, cowling, surat, cowlet, bullet rare, bossy informal dated US, moggy dated rare US, moggie UK, mooseling rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

Forms

Plural
calves → legs, calfskins, steers, cowlings…

Example sentences

  • leg The policeman was shot in the leg by a delinquent.
  • surat I studied Gujarati during my time in Surat.
  • calfskin Is that bag made of calfskin?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
calffalling
legrising
suratrising
cowlingfalling
calfskinsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
leg1
5 letters
steer1, bossy2, surat2, moggy
6 letters
bullet2, moggie, cowlet
7 letters
cowling2
8 letters
calfskin
9 letters
mooseling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bossy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
veau
Italiano
vitello
Español
ternero
Deutsch
Kalb
Català
vedell