Definitions for calcar

calcar cal·car

Spelling: [kal-kahr]
IPA: /ˈkæl kɑr/

Calcar is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in calcar (aacclr).

Definitions for calcar

noun

  1. a spur or spurlike process.
  2. a reverberatory furnace for preparing frit.

Origin of calcar

Latin: spur, equivalent to calc-, stem of calx heel, calx + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of -āris -ar1

Examples for calcar

On the pre-axial side of the hallux is the supplemental digit, the prehallux or calcar.

The spur or calcar of the foot extends three-fourths of the distance between the foot and the tail.

A reverberatory furnace or calcar, for calcining or fritting the materials; 2.

It is also called the calcar, or spur, and is furnished with cilia or bristles at its extremity.

Word Value for calcar
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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