carver

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see also: Carver

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
• (British) IPA: /ˈkɑːvə/

Noun

carver (plural carvers)

1. Someone who carves.
2. (dated) A carving knife.
3. (dated) A butcher.
4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:

     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.

5. (skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

Translations

• German: Schnitzer
• Italian: intagliatore, intagliatrice, incisore
• Russian: ре́зчик
• Spanish: tallador

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Carver

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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