laver
/ˈleɪvɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
noun
That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
name
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]"
- "She was afterwards regenerated by the laver of holy baptism, and lived for many years in the service of that knight (as I have frequently heard from him and his family), and was rather loose and wanton in her conduct."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: laver, læfer, laveoir,laveor,laveour,lavor,lavur, lavātōrium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈleɪvɚ/
- British English: /ˈlɑːvə/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
black laver
green laver
kelp laver
laver slack
laver sloke
lettuce laver
northern pink laver
pale patch laver