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corfe

corfe is the obsolete form of corf.

Meaning of corf

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Corfe

Corfe

  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST2319).

Forms of corfe

pluralcorfes

Words formed from corfe

Questions about corfe

What does corfe mean?
Corfe means a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST2319).
What is corfe the obsolete form of?
Corfe is the obsolete form of corf.
What part of speech is corfe?
Corfe is a proper noun.

Words near corfe in the dictionary

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

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