carver

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See also: Carver

English

Etymology

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve +‎ -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɑːvə/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
  • Homophone: calver Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

carver (plural carvers)

  1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
  2. (dated) A carving knife.
  3. (dated) A butcher.
  4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:
      She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.
  5. (skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

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