English dictionary
Laver
/'l/eI/v/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
Source: WordNet 3.0
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edible red seaweeds
Synonyms red laverSource: WordNet 3.0
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seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
Synonyms sea lettuceSource: WordNet 3.0
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A vessel for washing; a large basin.
Source: webster1913
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One who laves; a washer.
Source: webster1913
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The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green <i>laver</i> is the <i>Ulva latissima</i>; purple <i>laver</i>, <i>Porphyra laciniata</i> and <i>P. vulgaris</i>. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also <i>sloke</i>, or <i>sloakan</i>.
Source: webster1913