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Plural of callus

regular plural

The plural of callus is calluses.

Forms of callus

Singularcallus /ˈkæləs/
Pluralcalluses
Countablecountable and uncountable

Calluses in a sentence

  • You will develop calluses if you play the cello.From the entry develop
  • And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.2006, Scott Dikkers, Peter Hilleren, Destined for Destiny, page 63. From the entry loofah

Meaning of callus

  1. noun A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
  2. noun The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
  3. noun The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Full definition of callus

Questions about the plural of callus

What is the plural of callus?
The plural of callus is calluses.
Is callus countable?
Callus is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: callus (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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