CALLUS (calli)
Dictionary entry overview: What does callus mean?
• CALLUS (noun)
The noun CALLUS has 3 senses:
1. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
2. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
3. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Familiarity information: CALLUS used as a noun is uncommon.
• CALLUS (verb)
The verb CALLUS has 2 senses:
1. cause a callus to form on
2. form a callus or calluses
Familiarity information: CALLUS used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CALLUS (noun)
Meaning:
An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
callosity; callus
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
hardening (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callus"):
clavus; corn (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)
Meaning:
Bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
cicatrice; cicatrix; scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "callus"):
chestnut (a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg)
Meaning:
(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("callus" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
• CALLUS (verb)
Meaning:
Cause a callus to form on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The long march had callused his feet
Hypernyms (to "callus" is one way to...):
harden; indurate (make hard or harder)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Form a callus or calluses
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
His foot callused
Hypernyms (to "callus" is one way to...):
harden; indurate (become hard or harder)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
