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corf

/kɔːf//kɔɹf/

corf noun: a large basket, especially as used for coal.

Noun

corf (plural corves or corfs)

  1. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
    • Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […]?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […]?1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
  2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
  3. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Forms of corf

pluralcorves
pluralcorfs

Origin of corf

From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Words that rhyme with corf

Questions about corf

What does corf mean?
Corf means a large basket, especially as used for coal.
What part of speech is corf?
Corf is a noun.
How do you pronounce corf?
Corf is pronounced /kɔːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of corf?
The plural of corf is corves.

Words near corf in the dictionary

  1. corethrellids
  2. Coretta
  3. coreward
  4. corey
  5. coreys
  6. corf
  7. corfe
  8. Corfe Castle
  9. Corfe Mullen
  10. corfes
  11. Corfield

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