callus

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

Similar word(s): callosity

Definition categories: state, hardening

2. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

Definition categories: state, cicatrice, cicatrix, scar

3. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

Definition categories: plant, enation

verb

1. cause a callus to form on

- The long march had callused his feet

Definition categories: change, harden, indurate

2. form a callus or calluses

- His foot callused

Definition categories: change, harden, indurate