"erf" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "erven"
      },
      "expansion": "erf (plural erfs or erven)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "New York English",
        "Regional English",
        "South African English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Cape Colony",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US regional, Cape Colony, New York, South Africa) A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-York",
        "South-Africa",
        "US",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-erf.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/En-us-erf.oga/En-us-erf.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-us-erf.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erf"
}