calces

Meaning of calces

noun
  1. The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
  2. In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.

Information about calces

Hyphenation of calces

cal-ces

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • calces is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with calces

Alces, alces, falces, dolces

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