• (RP) IPA: /ˈlɑːvə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈlɑvɚ/, /ˈleɪvɚ/

laver

1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
   1. Porphyra vulgaris

• German: Nabel-Purpurtang, Purpurtang, Hauttang, Nabel-Hauttang

• (RP) IPA: /ˈleɪvə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈleɪvɚ/

laver (plural lavers)

1. One who laves: a washer.
2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book II, canto XII:

     Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell {{...}

• (washbasin) See washbasin