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# callus

noun (a callus, calluses); verb (callus, callused — rare)

«callus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A callus is a patch of hard, thick skin on your hands or feet, made by rubbing or pressing again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#m1)
2. (science) A callus is also the hard lump that forms around a broken bone as it heals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and health: gymnasts, guitar players and walkers get calluses; in science, how skin protects itself and how bones heal; it shows hard work or practice in stories.

### Examples

- Playing guitar gives you calluses on your fingertips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#x1)
- The gymnast had calluses on her hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#x2)
- Walking barefoot can make calluses on your feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#x3)
- The farmer's hands were rough with calluses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#x4)
- A callus forms around a broken bone as it heals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/#x5)

### Note

Plural: calluses. Homophone trap: «callous» (adjective) means unkind and uncaring, as in «a callous remark». Not the same as a blister (a bubble of fluid).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «callus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/callus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«callus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/callus.html) on Mova free.