Carver
noun
George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
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Carver
American
[kahr-ver]
/ ˈkɑr vər /
noun
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George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
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John, 1575?–1621, Pilgrim leader: first governor of Plymouth Colony 1620–21.
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Raymond, 1938–88, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
Carver
1
British
/ ˈkɑːvə /
noun
carver
2
British
/ ˈkɑːvə /
noun
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a carving knife
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(plural) a large matched knife and fork for carving meat
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a chair with arms that forms part of a set of dining chairs
Carver
Scientific
/ kär′vər /
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“In one incident guards tried to remove a strike leader soon after the strike began,” Carver wrote.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
According to the complaint, Prabhakar had taught the story for nearly a decade without incident and used it in a unit on unsympathetic and unreliable narrators alongside works by Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Shannon Alsheimer said students in her daughter Haylie’s Carver, Mass., high school brag that “their mom got them a 504” before the SAT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Carver added the show put a "2026 Brummie twist" on the classic comedy, alongside many of the elements audiences would expect from a Shakespeare play.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
For my turn I change M-A-S-H to M-A-S-TH and end up with Carver J. and Mansion.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
At the invitation of historian Akinwunmi Ogundiran, the carver was Distinguished Africana Artist-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US, in 2013.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
In comparison, wood carver Zhang took a more practical view of his craft.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
Planning for the poles’ repair, she enlisted Makah carver Greg Colfax, who examined them and says that despite significant decay, they could be restored.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
In one part of the opulent, second-floor dining room, a carver wields a knife like a surgeon on the cured leg of an Iberian pig fed a diet of acorns.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
A carver lifted cuts of each roast meat to put on trenchers before the two.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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