"laver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɑːvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈleɪvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈleɪvɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɑvɚ/ [General-American] Forms: lavers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laver}} Middle English laver, {{m|enm|lavre}} lavre, {{m|enm|lever}} lever, {{m|enm|levre}} levre, {{m|enm|laber|t=a kind of water plant}} laber (“a kind of water plant”), {{inh|en|ang|læfer}} Old English læfer, {{m|ang|leber|t=a rush (plant)}} leber (“a rush (plant)”), {{der|en|la|laver|t=water plant}} Latin laver (“water plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)
  1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Red algae Translations (Porphyra umbilicalis): Nabel-Purpurtang [masculine] (German), Purpurtang [masculine] (German), Hauttang [masculine] (German), Nabel-Hauttang [masculine] (German), glasarnacht [feminine] (Irish), sleabhac [masculine] (Irish), slòcan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), navelsloke [neuter] (Swedish), veckad purpurhinna [common-gender] (Swedish), lawr [masculine] (Welsh), lafwr [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (an edible seaweed): karengo (Maori), parengo (Maori), sloke [neuter] (Swedish), purpurhinna [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-e9FsTz8h Disambiguation of Red algae: 55 8 8 9 10 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 13 12 14 16 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 12 12 8 19 10 Disambiguation of 'Porphyra umbilicalis': 66 3 31 Disambiguation of 'an edible seaweed': 63 19 18
  2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially: Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-qWOTRSBr
  3. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
    Porphyra vulgaris
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-~4nSs0tk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nori
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: black laver (taxonomic: Porphyra dioica), green laver (taxonomic: Monostroma grevillei), kelp laver (taxonomic: Porphyra drachii), laver slack (taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis), laver sloke (taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis), laverbread (taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis), lettuce laver (taxonomic: Ulva lactuca), northern pink laver (taxonomic: Porphyra amplissima), pale patch laver (taxonomic: Porphyra leucosticta), purple laver (alt: Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca) (taxonomic: Porphyra nereocystis), red laver (taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis), tough laver (taxonomic: Porphyra umbilicalis), winter laver (taxonomic: Porphyra linearis)

Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈleɪvɚ/ [General-American] Forms: lavers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Doublet of lavatory. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laver}} Middle English laver, {{m|enm|lavour}} lavour, {{der|en|fro|lavor}} Old French lavor, {{m|fro|lavur}} lavur, {{m|fro|laveor}} laveor, {{m|fro|laveour}} laveour, {{m|fro|laveoir}} laveoir, {{der|en|la|lavatorium}} Latin lavatorium, {{doublet|en|lavatory}} Doublet of lavatory Head templates: {{en-noun}} laver (plural lavers)
  1. One who laves: a washer.
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-iCChWYAV
  2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery. Translations (a washroom; lavatorium): Waschraum (note: general term) [masculine] (German), Brunnenhaus (english: monastery) [neuter] (German), Lavatorium (english: monastery) [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-j2uA4YZC Disambiguation of 'a washroom; lavatorium': 10 74 16
  3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin. Synonyms (washbasin): washbasin
    Sense id: en-laver-en-noun-2krch-O3 Disambiguation of 'washbasin': 1 20 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "taxonomic": "Porphyra linearis",
      "word": "winter laver"
    }
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    }
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "1": "~"
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. […], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107",
          "text": "To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable."
      ],
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        [
          "red alga",
          "red alga"
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        [
          "seaweed",
          "seaweed"
        ],
        [
          "Porphyra umbilicalis",
          "Porphyra umbilicalis#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Porphyra laciniata",
          "Porphyra laciniata#Translingual"
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        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ]
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
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        "Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:",
        "Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially"
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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        "Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:",
        "Porphyra vulgaris"
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑːvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
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      "homophone": "lava"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "larva (in non-rhotic accents)"
    }
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nabel-Purpurtang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Purpurtang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauttang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nabel-Hauttang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glasarnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sleabhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slòcan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "navelsloke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "veckad purpurhinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lawr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lafwr"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an edible seaweed",
      "word": "karengo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an edible seaweed",
      "word": "parengo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an edible seaweed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "sloke"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an edible seaweed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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    }
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    "Laver (seaweed)"
  ],
  "word": "laver"
}

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    "en:Red algae"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "lavour"
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "fro",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "lavur"
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      "expansion": "lavur",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "laveour"
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      "expansion": "laveour",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "laveoir"
      },
      "expansion": "laveoir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lavatorium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lavatorium",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lavatory"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lavatory",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lavers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "laver (plural lavers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who laves: a washer."
      ],
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        [
          "One",
          "one"
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        [
          "lave",
          "lave"
        ],
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          "washer",
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery."
      ],
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        [
          "Where",
          "where"
        ],
        [
          "lave",
          "lave"
        ],
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          "washroom",
          "washroom"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "lavatorium",
          "lavatorium"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That which laves, particularly a washbasin."
      ],
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        [
          "That",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "lave",
          "lave"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "washbasin",
          "washbasin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "washbasin",
      "word": "washbasin"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "general term",
      "sense": "a washroom; lavatorium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Waschraum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "monastery",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a washroom; lavatorium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brunnenhaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "monastery",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a washroom; lavatorium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lavatorium"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laver"
}

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