Hotpress is a related term of calender.
As verbs the difference between hotpress and calender
is that hotpress is to apply both heat and mechanical pressure to something, especially as part of a laundry process while calender is to press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc, as in the homonymous machine.
As a noun calender is
or calender can be one of a wandering, mendicant sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an arab named yusuf.
hotpress
English
Verb
(es)
to apply both heat and mechanical pressure to something, especially as part of a laundry process
Derived terms
* hotpressed
Anagrams
* calender
English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) calandre, from .
* This spelling (calendar) was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the chronological senses from the machine (calender)
Noun
(
wikipedia calender)
(
en noun)
A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
One who pursues the business of calendering.
Synonyms
* (one in the business or trade of calendering) calendrer
Verb
(
en verb)
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.
Derived terms
* supercalender
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
(qalandar)
Noun
(
en noun)
One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
References
* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=calender&searchmode=none]
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