Library / English Dictionary

HEAVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("heaver" is a kind of...):

bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("heaver" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Derivation:

heave (lift or elevate)

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