erf

noun plural erven (ˈɜːvən)

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

Word Origin

Afrikaans

Erf

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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