laver
A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis, eaten as a vegetableA red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
Nabel-Purpurtang, Purpurtang, Hauttang
(countable, uncountable)Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
(countable, uncountable)Porphyra vulgaris
Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
Waschraum, Brunnenhaus, Lavatorium
That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
The spiritual washing or ablution of baptism.
One who laves: a washer.
- 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)
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from OldFrom 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”).
From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French laveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur, from Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatorium and lavatory.
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Forms
plural: laversSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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):Rod LaverRodney George Laver
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
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