Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun callus

3 senses of callus

Sense 1
callosity, callus -- (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
       => hardening -- (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)

Sense 2
callus -- (bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone)
       => scar, cicatrix, cicatrice -- (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)

Sense 3
callus -- ((botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid)
       => plant process, enation -- (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb callus

2 senses of callus

Sense 1
callus -- (cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet")
       => harden, indurate -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter")

Sense 2
callus -- (form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused")
       => harden, indurate -- (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened")