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carraway

carraway is the obsolete spelling of caraway.

Meaning of caraway

Noun

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

  1. A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
    • Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56
  2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
  3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
    • I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad

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Proper noun capitalized: Carraway

Carraway (plural Carraways)

  1. A surname.

Forms of carraway

Noun
pluralcarraways
Proper noun
pluralCarraways

Questions about carraway

What does carraway mean?
Carraway means a surname.
What is carraway the obsolete spelling of?
Carraway is the obsolete spelling of caraway.
What part of speech is carraway?
Carraway is a proper noun.

Words near carraway in the dictionary

  1. carrat
  2. Carrathool
  3. carrats
  4. Carrauntoohil
  5. Carrauntoohill
  6. carraway
  7. carraways
  8. Carrazco
  9. Carrazcos
  10. Carrboro
  11. carrboydite

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