carvery

C3A1R1V4E1R1Y4

noun

A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.

OriginEnglish carve ← Middle English kerven ← Old English ċeorfan →
UncommonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncarvery (plural carveries)

plural carveries

  1. A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.
  2. The station within a buffet where such food is served.
  3. A meal consisting of such food.

Origin

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

From carve + -ry.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: carvery on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.