name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
carver
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
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UK: /ˈkɑːvə/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
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homophone: calver (Received Pronunciation)
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place in the United States:
A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
A city in Carver County, Minnesota.
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
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name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Richmond, Virginia.
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name
Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
A former unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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noun
Meaning 7
Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
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noun
Meaning 8
A carving knife.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 9
A butcher.
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noun
Meaning 10
An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
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noun
Meaning 11
A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports
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noun
Meaning 12
someone who carves the meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cutter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diner
noun
Meaning 13
an artist who creates sculptures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artist, creative person
Narrower terms: sculptress, Praxiteles, Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Brancusi, Constantin Brancusi, Calder, Alexander Calder, Cellini, Benvenuto Cellini, Crawford, Thomas Crawford, Donatello, Donato di Betto Bardi, Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein, French, Daniel Chester French, Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti, Hepworth, Barbara Hepworth, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Hoffman, Malvina Hoffman, Lachaise, Gaston Lachaise, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, da Vinci, Lin, Maya Lin, Lipchitz, Jacques Lipchitz, Lysippus, Maillol, Aristide Maillol, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Modigliani, Amedeo Modigliano, Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore, Nevelson, Louise Nevelson, Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi, Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg, Claes Thure Oldenburg, Phidias, Pheidias, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Segal, George Segal, Smith, David Smith, David Roland Smith, Taft, Lorado Taft
noun
Meaning 14
makes decorative wooden panels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: woodcarver
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Broader terms: woodworker, woodsman, woodman
noun
Meaning 15
United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: George Washington Carver
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Broader terms: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist, chemist
History
Etymology
From Middle English Carver, Kerver, Kervor, Kervour, Kervoure, Kervere, from Middle English carver, kervere (“carver, wood-cutter, sculptor”). More at carver.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbh-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English kerver English carver From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: leikkaaja — one who carves
- Galician: entallador — one who carves
- German: Schnitzer — one who carves
- Hungarian: képfaragó — one who carves
- Irish: breacaire — one who carves
- Italian: intagliatore — one who carves
- Italian: intagliatrice — one who carves
- Italian: incisore — one who carves
- Macedonian: ре́збар (rézbar) — one who carves
- Māori: kaiwhakairo — one who carves
- Russian: ре́зчик (rézčik) — one who carves
- Spanish: tallador — one who carves
- Tausug: mag'uukkil — one who carves
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