graver

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/ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/

noun

a burin

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graving toolpointelpointrel
OriginMiddle English gravere ← Old English græfere →
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Meanings

graver1

noungraver (plural gravers)

plural gravers

  1. dateda burin
  2. obsoletea carver, sculptor, or engraver

    1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

    1 more example

    […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

    a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital

graver2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of grave: more grave

Graver3

proper nounGraver (plural Gravers)

plural Gravers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna tool used by an engraver

Similar
graving toolpointelpointrel
Broader
hand tool
Also see
pointelpointrel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

graver · noun

  1. Old Englishgræfere
  2. Middle Englishgravere
  3. Englishgraver

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

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graver · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic*gʷraus
  4. Latingravis
  5. Medieval Latingravō
  6. Medieval Latingrava
  7. Old Frenchgrave
  8. Middle Frenchgrave
  9. Englishgrave
  10. Englishgraver

From grave (adjective) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with graver

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Anagrams

Garver
Cite this entry
APA

graver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graver

MLA

“graver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graver. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graver.

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