varve
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
/vɑːv/
(UK)
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/vɑːv/ (UK) · /vɑɹv/
Definition of varve
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
“A comparable method uses varves […] where spans of time can be measured through counting varves, and also by radiocarbon dating plant or animal residues within the varves.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish varv (“layer”).
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