Laver

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) [syn: Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver]

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

3 edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver]

4 seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn: sea lettuce]

English

Noun

1. A red alga of the genus Porphyra.

Related terms

• nori

French

Etymology

From lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /la.ve/
• SAMPA: /la.ve/

Verb

laver

1. To wash

Conjugation

Laver might refer to one of the following:

• Laver (seaweed), an edible seaweed
• Laver, a basin for ceremonial ablution
• Laver, a river in North Yorkshire
• High Laver in Essex, England

See also

• Arnold Laver, timber merchant - Canada
• Frank Laver, cricket player
• Rod Laver, tennis player
• Richard Laver, mathematician (see Laver table)