Calender (Verb)
Meaning
Press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets; "calender paper".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The firm calenders its paper products to create uniform and smooth sheets of paper for printing.
- To give the vinyl a glossy finish, manufacturers calender it through multiple sets of rollers.
- The old process of calendering is still used today in making thin sheets of rubber.
- Calendering paper is a way of pressing out air pockets and making the sheets lie flat.
- Early manufacturers calendered their leather goods to smooth out wrinkles and produce an even color.