Definition of callus

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• callus is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• callus is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• callus is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of callus

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

  Synonyms

  1. callosity
• bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone (noun)
• (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid (noun)
• cause a callus to form on (verb)

  Examples

  1. The long march had callused his feet
• form a callus or calluses (verb)

  Examples

  1. His foot callused

See definition of callus in Merriam Webster