Carver Definition

[n] someone who carves the meat
[n] an artist who creates sculptures
[n] makes decorative wooden panels
[n] United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)

Synonyms

cutter, George Washington Carver, sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker, woodcarver

See Also...

Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder, Amedeo Modigliano, Aristide Maillol, artist, Auguste Rodin, Barbara Hepworth, Bartholdi, Benvenuto Cellini, Bernini, botanist, Brancusi, Calder, Cellini, chemist, Claes Oldenberg, Constantin Brancusi, Crawford, creative person, da Vinci, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Daniel Chester French, David Roland Smith, David Smith, diner, Donatello, Donato di Betto Bardi, Epstein, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, French, Gaston Lachaise, George Segal, Giacometti, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore, Hepworth, Hoffman, Isamu Noguchi, Jacob Epstein, Jacques Lipchitz, Lachaise, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Lin, Lipchitz, Lorado Taft, Louise Nevelson, Lysippus, Maillol, Malvina Hoffman, Maya Lin, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Modigliani, Moore, Nevelson, Noguchi, Oldenberg, Pablo Picasso, Pheidias, Phidias, phytologist, Picasso, plant scientist, Praxiteles, Rodin, sculptress, Segal, Sir Jacob Epstein, Smith, Taft, Thomas Crawford, woodman, woodsman, woodworker

Related Terms

burinist, cerographer, chalcographer, chaser, clay modeler, earth artist, engraver, etcher, figurer, figuriste, gem carver, gem engraver, graphic artist, graver, inscriber, lapidary, line engraver, lithographer, mason, modeler, molder, monumental mason, p

Misc. Definitions

\Carv"er\, n.
1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. ``The carver's chisel.'' --Dodsley. The carver of his fortunes. --Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )
2. One who carves or divides meat at table.
3. A large knife for carving.