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Meaning of CARVEN

Pronunciation:  'kârvun

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 Definition: [adj]  made for formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
 
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 Synonyms: carved, engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed, lapidarian, sculpted, sculptured, sliced
 
 Antonyms: uncarved
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Car"ven\, a.
Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]
      A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. --Bp. Hall.
      The carven cedarn doors.                 --Tennyson.
      A screen of carven ivory.                --Mrs.
                                               Browning.
 
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