calver

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑːvə/
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/ˈkɑːvə/ · /ˈkævɚ/

Definition of calver

7 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A cow that produces young.
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noun

  1. A cow that produces young.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of calendar versioning.

adj

  1. Of salmon: freshly caught.
    “calver salmon”

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To cut into slices and pickle.
    “My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]”
    “Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.”
  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
    “[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).
  2. (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.

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Etymology

From calve + -er.

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