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Laver

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Noun

1. laver, rod laver, rodney george 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)

2. laver

(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions

3. laver, red laver

edible red seaweeds

4. laver, sea lettuce

seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

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Laver

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noun
1. Old Testament
a large basin of water used by the priests for ritual ablutions
2. 
the font or the water of baptism
noun
any of several seaweeds of the genus Porphyra and related genera, with edible fronds: phylum Rhodophyta (red algae)
noun
Rod(ney) (George). born 1938, Australian tennis player: won eleven Grand Slam singles titles (1960–69), including all four in a single year twice (1962, 1969)

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Laver

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noun
1.  Archaic
a. 
a large basin to wash in
b. 
water or any cleansing liquid
2. 
a large basin used for ceremonial washing by priests of the ancient Jewish Temple
noun
any of various large, edible, ribbonlike seaweeds

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Laver

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n.
1. A large basin used in the ancient Jewish Temple by a priest for ablutions before making a sacrificial offering.
2. Archaic A vessel or basin, especially one used for washing.
n.
Any of several dried edible seaweeds, especially red algae of the genus Porphyra and green algae of the genus Ulva.
Australian tennis player who won the Grand Slam twice, in 1962 and 1969.

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