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corves

UK/kɔːvz/

corves is the plural 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.

Words that rhyme with corves

Questions about corves

What is corves the plural of?
Corves is the plural of corf.
How do you pronounce corves?
Corves is pronounced /kɔːvz/ (UK).

Words near corves in the dictionary

  1. corvees
  2. corver
  3. Corvera
  4. Corveras
  5. corvers
  6. corves
  7. corvesor
  8. corvesors
  9. corvet
  10. corveted
  11. corveting

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