calf

Definitions

• A young cow or bull.
• Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
• A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe also used of some other animals.
• A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
• A small island, near a larger island.
• A cabless railroad engine.
• (informal) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.