cleeve

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noun

A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

OriginIrish cliabh →
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Meanings

cleeve1

nouncleeve (plural cleeves)

plural cleeves

  1. A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

Cleeve2

proper nounCleeve (countable and uncountable, plural Cleeves)

plural Cleeves

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4666).

Origin

  1. Irishcliabh“basket”
  2. Englishcleeve

From Irish cliabh (“basket”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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