Meanings
carver1
plural carvers
- Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
- datedA carving knife.
- datedA butcher.
- 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 - hobbiesA ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
Carver2
- A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
- A city in Carver County, Minnesota.
- A neighbourhood of Richmond, Virginia.
- A former unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
carver · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*kerbaną
- Proto-West Germanic*kerban
- Old Englishċeorfan
- Middle Englishkerven
- Middle Englishkerver
- Englishcarver
From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).
More words from Middle English
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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
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Cite this entry
carver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carver
“carver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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