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Laver

la·ver

UK/ˈleɪvə/ US/ˈleɪvɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

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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2.

(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions

3.

edible red seaweeds

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4.

Origin

From lave + -er.

Phrases

  • black laver
  • green laver
  • kelp laver
  • laver slack
  • laver sloke
  • lettuce laver
  • northern pink laver
  • pale patch laver

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