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carvery.

A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.

  2. The station within a buffet where such food is served.

  3. A meal consisting of such food.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven English carve Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English carvery From carve + -ry.

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