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beaver

/ˈbivɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Beaver means: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.

Synonyms for beaver19

noun, as in a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper

noun, as in a native or resident of Oregon

Oregonian

noun, as in the soft brown fur of the beaver

beaver fur

noun, as in a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

castor

verb, as in work hard on something

beaver away

also used for beaver

castorette, castoreum, beaver brown, beard, beardo, beardy, beav, nest

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What does beaver mean?8

noun

1

a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

2

a native or resident of Oregon

3

the soft brown fur of the beaver

4

a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

5

a full beard

6

a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face

7

large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

verb

1

work hard on something

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with beaver?7

two syllables

feverweavercleaver

three syllables

receiverbelieverrelieverretriever
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Beaver in a sentence

  • Unlike most other rodents, beaver pairs are monogamous, staying together for multiple breeding seasons.CM
  • I'm not sure how many beavers live in this area, but there are many.Amastan
  • Wetlands are often teeming with life, including otters, muskrats, and beavers.Amastan
  • A beaver needs to fell hundreds of trees to dam a river.Amastan
  • This animal is the size of a beaver.Amastan
  • A beaver may get crushed by a falling tree.Amastan
  • There are many beaver dams in this lake.tieguy
  • The rodent best adapted to living in rivers and marshlands is the beaver.carlosalberto

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Forms of beaver

as a noun

plural
beavers

as a verb

past tense
beavered
present participle
beavering
third-person singular
beavers
past participle
beavered