Beaver

Quick meaning: Beaver is a noun meaning (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Meaning

(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

More Meanings

1. The fur of the beaver.
2. (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
3. (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
4. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
5. A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
6. (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
7. Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).

Example Sentences

a broad beaver slouched over his eyes

Let’s get some of that Saturday night beaver.

The woman's hair and woman's beaver had both been jerked off, exposing the cropped head of a man.

Finally it came on. It was a beauty, a beaver flick made in the late 1970s. It was called Big Black Leather Splits.

Word Forms

• beavers
• beavering
• beavered

Synonyms for beaver

Depending on context, synonyms include castorette, castor, castoreum, beard, beardo, beav.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include castor, topper, stovepipe, high hat, cat, kitty.

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