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corve

corve is the alternative 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.

Forms of corve

pluralcorves

Words formed from corve

Questions about corve

What is corve the alternative form of?
Corve is the alternative form of corf.

Words near corve in the dictionary

  1. coruscatingly
  2. coruscatings
  3. coruscation
  4. coruscations
  5. Corvallis
  6. corve
  7. corvee
  8. corvees
  9. corver
  10. Corvera
  11. Corveras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corve (page history and authors); corf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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