beaver

About 2.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
2. noun The fur of the beaver.
3. noun A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
4. noun Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
5. noun Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
6. noun A brown colour, like that of a beaver.

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7. noun A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
8. noun Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).

Similar words

castor opera hat top hat topper stovepipe beaver away dress hat high hat silk hat cat

Often followed by

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Word family

Beaver beavered beavering beavers