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laver

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːvə/

The English word “laver” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
  2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
  3. Porphyra vulgaris
  4. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
  5. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
  6. The spiritual washing or ablution of baptism.
  7. One who laves: a washer.

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”).

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