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carvery

carvery noun: a restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.

Noun

carvery (plural carveries)

  1. A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.
  2. The station within a buffet where such food is served.
  3. A meal consisting of such food.

Forms of carvery

pluralcarveries

Origin of carvery

From carve + -ry.

Questions about carvery

What does carvery mean?
Carvery means a restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.
What part of speech is carvery?
Carvery is a noun.
What is the plural of carvery?
The plural of carvery is carveries.

Words near carvery in the dictionary

  1. carver
  2. Carver County
  3. Carverian
  4. carveries
  5. carvers
  6. carvery
  7. carves
  8. carves out
  9. carves up
  10. carvestrene
  11. Carveth

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