salver
salver noun: one who salves or cures.

Noun (1)
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or cures.
- One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
Noun (2)
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
Noun (3)
salver (plural salvers)
- A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card).
- As athletes mount the podiums, volunteers dressed in Louis Vuitton-designed uniforms will bear the awards, presented on Louis Vuitton-made salvers featuring the house's signature brown check.2024 July 20, Adrienne Klasa, “LVMH strikes Olympic gold”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5
salver meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Odia
salver in Urdu
- کشتی, طباق, طشت
salver in Malayalam
- plate, platter, dish
- തളിക, താലം, തട്ടം, തട്ട്, പരന്ന പാത്രം, കിണ്ണം
salver in Kannada
- ಕಯ್ತಟ್ಟೆ
salver in Odia
- salver, platter
- ଥାଳିଆ thāḷiā
Forms of salver
| plural | salvers |
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Origin of salver
From Middle English salver (attested only in the sense of "ointment box"), from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve + -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”).
From salve (“to save”) + -er.
From Middle English salver (“serving platter”), from Spanish salva (“a testing of food or drink to test for poison”), from salvar (“to save, taste food for one's master”), from Latin salvō (“save”, verb). More at save.
Words formed from salver
Questions about salver
- What does salver mean?
- Salver means one who salves or cures.
- What is salver in Urdu?
- Salver in Urdu is کشتی, طباق, طشت. See Salver meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is salver?
- Salver is a noun.
- What is the plural of salver?
- The plural of salver is salvers.
Words near salver in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: salver (page history and authors); salver (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salver (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); salver (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଥାଳିଆ (Odia) (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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