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carver

/ˈkɑːvə//ˈkɑɹvɚ/

carver noun: someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

Noun

carver (plural carvers)

  1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
  2. (dated) A carving knife.
  3. (dated) A butcher.
  4. 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.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215
  5. A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

Proper noun capitalized: Carver

Carver

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  3. A city in Carver County, Minnesota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
  5. A neighbourhood of Richmond, Virginia.
  6. A former unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.

Forms of carver

pluralcarvers

Origin of carver

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

From Middle English Carver, Kerver, Kervor, Kervour, Kervoure, Kervere, from Middle English carver, kervere (“carver, wood-cutter, sculptor”). More at carver.

Words formed from carver

Phrases with carver

Questions about carver

What does carver mean?
Carver means someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
What part of speech is carver?
Carver can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carver?
Carver is pronounced /ˈkɑɹvɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of carver?
The plural of carver is carvers.

Words near carver in the dictionary

  1. carvene
  2. carveol
  3. carveols
  4. carveout
  5. carveouts
  6. carver
  7. Carver County
  8. Carverian
  9. carveries
  10. carvers
  11. carvery

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