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🧻 A smoothing machine 🧻 To smooth material
to calender

to calender

9.9
To press paper or cloth between rollers to make it smooth and shiny
  • verb
  • /ˈkæl.ɪn.dɚ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : calandrar
  • Before packaging, the manufacturer calendered the paper for extra gloss.

Examples

  • They are calendering the sheets to make them thinner and more flexible.

  • The factory calenders the fabric to achieve a smooth finish.

  • They will calender the fabric to make it smoother.

  • The factory calenders paper to improve its quality.

  • Before packaging, the manufacturer calendered the paper for extra gloss.

  • The factory calenders the fabric to achieve a smooth finish.

  • They are calendering the sheets to make them thinner and more flexible.

Synonyms

to mangle
vsto calender
  • Archaic
8.4

To press laundry by passing it between heavy rollers

applies to paper and other materials to glaze, thin, or form sheets

Surface Forms

calender infinitive
calendered past
calendered past participle
calendering present participle
calenders third person singular

Etymology

To calender comes from the same French root calandre, a name for big rollers used to press cloth. That is why to calender something means to pass it between rollers to make it smooth, glossy, or thinner.