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carver

noun
/ˈkɑɹvɚ/US/ˈkɑːvə/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English kerver English carver From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

  1. inherited from carver

Definitions

  1. Someone who carves

    Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

  2. A carving knife.

  3. A butcher.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve…

      An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).

      • She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.

    2. A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

    3. A surname.

    4. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

    5. A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.

    6. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

    7. A neighbourhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States.

    8. A former unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA