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Noun Plural: lavers
laver - (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
		basin a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
laver - 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)
		Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver
laver - seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
		sea lettuce
		chlorophyte, green algae algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
laver - edible red seaweeds
		red laver
		red algae marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan

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laver (n.)
A vessel for washing; a large basin.
laver (n.)
A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
laver (n.)
One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
laver (n.)
That which washes or cleanses.
laver (n.)
One who laves; a washer.
laver (n.)
The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.