Laver

/'leivə/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A type of edible seaweed: "laver" refers to certain edible seaweeds, particularly those with green or red fronds, often used in food, especially in Asian and British cuisines.
    • A large basin for ritual washing: In a historical and religious context, specifically in the Old Testament, a "laver" was a large basin used by priests for ceremonial ablutions.
    • A proper noun (person): "Laver" is the surname of Rod Laver, a famous Australian tennis player.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (seaweed):
    • Laver is often dried into sheets called nori, used for wrapping sushi.
    • In Wales, laver is traditionally cooked into a paste called laverbread.
  • Noun (ritual basin):
    • The priest washed his hands in the bronze laver before the ceremony.
  • Noun (person):
    • Rod Laver is considered one of the greatest tennis players in history.
Advanced Usage
  • "Laver bread": A traditional Welsh dish made from cooked laver seaweed, often served with oatmeal and bacon.
    • For breakfast, he enjoyed laverbread with cockles.
  • In botanical/culinary contexts: The term is used specifically for genera like (red laver) and (green laver).
    • The biologist studied the growth cycle of Porphyra, the red laver.
Variants and Related Words
  • Laverbread (n): The food product made from cooked laver seaweed.
  • Nori (n): The Japanese name for dried sheets of laver, primarily from the species.
Synonyms
  • Seaweed: A general term for marine algae.
  • Nori: Specifically for the dried, sheeted form of red laver.
  • Basin: A general term for a wide, open container for holding liquid.
Related Phrases

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms. Its usage is primarily as a standard noun.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms directly featuring the word "laver.")

Noun
  1. seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
  2. edible red seaweeds
  3. (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
  4. 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)

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