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calumet

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for calumet.

Editorial note

I grew up in Lake Linden and one interesting location that isn't a mine is the abandoned Calumet Air Force radar station [1][2].

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of calumet gathered in one view.

noun

A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

The Calumet River, a system of rivers and canals between the south side of Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for calumet.

noun

A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

The Calumet River, a system of rivers and canals between the south side of Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

noun

A township in Cook County, Illinois.

Example sentences

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I grew up in Lake Linden and one interesting location that isn't a mine is the abandoned Calumet Air Force radar station [1][2].

2

Walking everywhere isn't a practical for most people in the Calumet Region of Indiana.

3

Rain the west side, to the Calumet Sanitary Channel, the eventually down the Mississippi.

4

Your link is for the far south side, one of the worst places in the greater Chicago area, just about in Calumet City.

5

Most definitely, it's quite common to find people hanging around outside up towards Calumet whenever there's a night with a high KP Index.

6

I would really love to get a hold of some of the Calumet Photo catalogs from the early 90s.

7

I always thought that was from Lake Calumet which used to be a lot bigger.

8

The Calumet region has it's share of environmental dumpster fires.

9

Yes; the ordinary thing to compare is MSAs, which take this into account; Calumet Park (and Blue Island and Oak Lawn) are all part of the Chicago MSA.

10

One of the reasons that the statistical oddity of Jeanne Calumet as an outlier may not mean much is that maybe the main reason she doesn't have much competition is simply that there aren't many alleged super-centenarians with good documentation.

Quote examples

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It sounds odd, but "white-labeling" by importers was quite common in those days - Pentax cameras were often sold as Honeywell Pentax, and large format camera lenses traveled through extensive networks and partnerships (Calumet, DO Industries, Graflex, etc).

Proper noun examples

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Detroit is closer to Washington DC than to Calumet, both by road miles and by travel time.

2

We (Calumet) region rats have Paul Goddard to thank for keeping us on top of things.

3

Calumet, in the Keweenaw Peninsula (just north of Michigan Tech) was nearly made the capital, instead of Lansing, because of this!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use calumet in a sentence?

I grew up in Lake Linden and one interesting location that isn't a mine is the abandoned Calumet Air Force radar station [1][2].

What does calumet mean?

A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.

What part of speech is calumet?

calumet is commonly used as noun.