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callows

callows is the plural of callow.

Meaning of callow

Noun

callow (countable and uncountable, plural callows)

  1. Synonym of teneral (“an insect or other arthropod such as a spider which has just undergone ecdysis (“shedding of the exoskeleton”) and so lacks colour or firmness”).
    Synonyms:
    teneral
  2. An alluvial flat.
  3. (UK, archaic, regional) The upper layer of rubble in a quarry which has to be removed to reach the material to be mined.
  4. (obsolete) A young bird which has not developed feathers yet; a nestling.
    1. (figuratively, obsolete) A person lacking life experience; an immature or naive person.
  5. (East-Anglia, obsolete) Synonym of topsoil (“upper layer of soil”).
    Synonyms:
    topsoil

See all 17 meanings of callow

Proper noun capitalized: Callows

Callows

  1. (plural) plural of Callow

Questions about callows

What is callows the plural of?
Callows is the plural of callow.
What part of speech is callows?
Callows is a proper noun.

Words near callows in the dictionary

  1. callowest
  2. Callowhill
  3. callowly
  4. callowness
  5. callownesses
  6. callows
  7. callrate
  8. callrates
  9. calls
  10. calls 'em as one sees 'em
  11. calls a cab

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