carvery
noun
carvery is spelled C-A-R-V-E-R-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carvery means “A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carvery is carveries.
How many letters and syllables are in carvery?
| Letters | 7: C-A-R-V-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is carvery?
Carvery appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce carvery?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-carvery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of carvery
- carveries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carvery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carvery come from?
From carve + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).