Carver

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kɑːvÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)vÉ™(r)

Origin

From carve + -er.

Full definition of carver

Noun

1. Someone who carves.
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.

Derived terms

• Carver (surname)

Anagrams

• craver