beaver

1. 1.

   the soft brown fur of the beaver

   Synonymsbeaver fur

   Broaderfur
2. 2.

   a native or resident of Oregon

   SynonymsOregonian

   BroaderAmerican
3. 3.

   a full beard

   Broaderbeard
4. 4.

   a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

   Synonymsdress hathigh hatopera hatsilk hatstovepipetop hattopper

   Broaderhatman's clothing
5. 5.

   a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face

   Broaderarmor plate

   Part ofhelmet
6. 6.

   a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

   Synonymscastor

   Broaderfur hat
7. 7.

   large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

   Broaderrodent

   NarrowerOld World beaverNew World beaver

   Part ofCastor

1. 1.

   work hard on something

   Synonymsbeaver away

   Broaderwork

Other forms of beaver

plural

beavers·

past tense

beaverred·

present participle

beaverring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beaver

What does beaver mean?

beaver means "the soft brown fur of the beaver". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beaver?

beaver has 2 syllables: bea-ver. The stress falls on "bea". In IPA it is /ˈbivɚ/.

What is another word for beaver?

Close synonyms include beaver fur, Oregonian, dress hat, high hat, opera hat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beaver a common word?

beaver is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.