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calcatory

calcatory noun: synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.

Noun

calcatory (plural calcatories)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.
    • Above it well the calcatory make,c. 1420, translating Palladius as De Re Rustica, ll. 461–462
    Synonyms:
    winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine

Synonyms of calcatory

  • winepress
  • particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine

Forms of calcatory

pluralcalcatories

Origin of calcatory

From Latin calcātōrium, from calcāre (“to trample”) + -tōrium (“-ory: forming locations”), from calx (“heel”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to calcate + -ory.

Questions about calcatory

What does calcatory mean?
Calcatory means synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.
What part of speech is calcatory?
Calcatory is a noun.
What is the plural of calcatory?
The plural of calcatory is calcatories.

Words near calcatory in the dictionary

  1. calcates
  2. calcating
  3. calcation
  4. calcations
  5. calcatories
  6. calcatory
  7. Calcavella
  8. Calcavellas
  9. Calcavellos
  10. calcaxonian
  11. calcaxonians

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