carver
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
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- 6
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Definition of carver
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
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noun
- Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
- (dated)A carving knife.
- (dated)A butcher.
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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.”
- A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
name
- A surname.
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
- A neighbourhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States.
- A former unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
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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…
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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”).
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