corf

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɔːf/
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/kɔːf/ · /kɔɹf/

Definition of corf

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
    “Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […]?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […]?”
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noun

  1. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
    “Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […]?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […]?”
  2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
  3. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Anagrams of corf

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2-letter words

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