Sample sentences for the GRE study word callus

1. callus -- (cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet")
2. callus -- (form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused")

1. callosity, callus -- (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
2. callus -- (bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone)
3. callus -- ((botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid)