BEAVER
Dictionary entry overview: What does Beaver mean?
• BEAVER (noun)
The noun BEAVER has 7 senses:
1. the soft brown fur of the beaver
2. a native or resident of Oregon
3. a full beard
4. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
5. a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
6. a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
7. large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
Familiarity information: BEAVER used as a noun is common.
• BEAVER (verb)
The verb BEAVER has 1 sense:
1. work hard on something
Familiarity information: BEAVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEAVER (noun)
Meaning:
The soft brown fur of the beaver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
beaver; beaver fur
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)
Meaning:
A native or resident of Oregon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Oregonian; Beaver
Hypernyms ("Beaver" is a kind of...):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
Meaning:
A full beard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)
Meaning:
A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
top hat; dress hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; high hat; beaver; topper
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)
man's clothing (clothing that is designed for men to wear)
Meaning:
A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)
Holonyms ("beaver" is a part of...):
helmet (a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows)
Meaning:
A hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
castor; beaver
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
fur hat (a hat made of fur)
Meaning:
Large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beaver"):
Castor fiber; Old World beaver (a European variety of beaver)
Castor canadensis; New World beaver (a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida)
Holonyms ("beaver" is a member of...):
Castor; genus Castor (type genus of the Castoridae: beavers)
• BEAVER (verb)
Meaning:
Work hard on something
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
beaver; beaver away
Hypernyms (to "beaver" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frames:
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