1. Young of domestic cattle
   "The newborn calf wobbled on its legs"
    
2. The muscular back part of the shank
   "His calves ached after the long hike";
   - sura
    
3. Fine leather from the skin of a calf
   "The luxury shoes were made of soft calf";
   - calfskin
    
4. Young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale, giraffe, elephant or buffalo
   "The elephant calf stayed close to its mother"
    
5. A chunk of ice broken off from a larger glacier, iceberg, ice shelf, etc.
   "We watched as a massive calf broke away from the glacier"

Derived forms: calves

Type of: leather, skeletal muscle, striated muscle, young mammal

Part of: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine [archaic], oxen, shank

Encyclopedia: Calf, Elizabeth