carver
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See also: Carver
Etymology
From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːvə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
- Homophone: calver (Received Pronunciation)
Noun
carver (plural carvers)
- Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
- (dated) A carving knife.
- (dated) A butcher.
- An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215:
- 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.
- (skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
Derived terms
Translations
one who carves
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