CALENDER

PRONUNCIATION: (KAL-uhn-duhr) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: noun: A machine that presses paper, cloth, or other materials between rollers to smooth, glaze, or thin them.
verb tr.: To process material in such a machine.

ETYMOLOGY: From French calandre (calender) and calandrer (to calender), ultimately from Latin cylindrus (roller), from Greek kulindros (roller, cylinder), from kulindein (to roll). Earliest documented use: 1513.
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Ca-ENDER - the big earthquake that splits the San Andreas fault so far that the West Coast ends up 5 miles offshore

CALL-ENDER - "So long" - "Love ya" - "Me, too" - "Bye"

CAR-ENDER - the rear bumper