carver

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US/ˈkɑɹvɚ/UK/ˈkɑːvə/

noun

Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

carver1

nouncarver (plural carvers)

plural carvers

  1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
  2. datedA butcher.
  3. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).

    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.

    2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215
  4. hobbiesA ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

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Synonyms & antonyms

nounmakes decorative wooden panels

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nounan artist who creates sculptures

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sculptorsculpturerstatue maker
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artistcreative person

nounsomeone who carves the meat

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

carver · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kerbaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kerban
  4. Old Englishċeorfan
  5. Middle Englishkerven
  6. Middle Englishkerver
  7. Englishcarver

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

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Carver · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishcarver
  2. Middle EnglishCarver
  3. EnglishCarver

From Middle English Carver, Kerver, Kervor, Kervour, Kervoure, Kervere, from Middle English carver, kervere (“carver, wood-cutter, sculptor”). More at carver.

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Translations

Finnish leikkaaja
  • leikkaajaone who carves
German Schnitzer
  • Schnitzerone who carves
Hungarian képfaragó
  • képfaragóone who carves
Irish breacaire
  • breacaireone who carves
Italian intagliatore, intagliatrice
  • intagliatoreone who carves
  • intagliatriceone who carves
  • incisoreone who carves
Māori kaiwhakairo
  • kaiwhakairoone who carves
Russian ре́зчик
  • ре́зчик (rézčik)one who carves
Spanish tallador
  • talladorone who carves

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

calver (Received Pronunciation)

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Cite this entry
APA

carver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carver

MLA

“carver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carver.

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