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erf

/ (ɜːf) /

noun plural erven (ˈɜːvən)

Southern African a plot of land, usually urban, marked off for building purposes

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Word Origin for erf

Afrikaans

Words nearby erf

Eretz Yisrael, erev, Erevan, erewhile, Erewhon, erf, Erfurt, erg, ergasia, ergastoplasm, ergate

British Dictionary definitions for erf (2 of 2)

Erf
/ (ɜːf) /

n acronym for

electrorheological fluid: a man-made liquid that thickens or solidifies when an electric current passes through it and returns to a liquid when the current ceases
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