Carver
/'kɑ:və/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who carves meat: A carver is someone whose role is to slice and serve meat, especially at a formal meal or gathering.
- A sculptor: A carver is an artist who creates sculptures by cutting, shaping, or engraving materials like wood, stone, or ivory.
- A person who makes decorative wooden panels: This refers to an artisan skilled in the craft of creating ornamental designs in wood.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- At the banquet, the carver expertly sliced the roast beef for the guests.
- The museum featured works by a famous ivory carver from the 18th century.
- The intricate designs on the church doors were the work of a skilled wood carver.
Advanced Usage
- "The Carver" as a proper noun: Can refer to a specific, often historically significant, artist or craftsman.
- Grinling Gibbons is celebrated as the greatest wood carver of the English Baroque period.
- Used in compound job titles or descriptions.
- He worked as a master carver in the shipbuilding industry, creating figureheads for vessels.
Variants and Related Words
- Carve (verb): To cut into a hard material to produce an object or design; to slice meat.
- Carving (noun): The action or skill of carving; an object or design produced by carving.
- She admired the detailed carving on the antique chair.
Synonyms
- For a meat slicer: Server, slicer.
- For a sculptor: Sculptor, engraver, craftsman, artisan.
Related Phrases
- Carver's chair: A type of armchair, historically associated with the master of the house who would carve the meat.
- Carving knife: A large, sharp knife designed specifically for slicing meat.
Noun
- someone who carves the meat
- an artist who creates sculptures
- makes decorative wooden panels
- United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)