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carved
  • v  form by carving
  • v  engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
  • v  cut to pieces
    Father carved the ham
  • a  made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)
    the carved fretwork
    an intricately carved door
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carvel-built
  • a  (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
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carven
  • a  made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)
    stood as if carven from stone
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caryophyllaceous
  • a  of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
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case-by-case
  • s  separate and distinct from others of the same kind
    on a case-by-case basis
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case-hardened
  • s  used of persons; emotionally hardened
    faced a case-hardened judge
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casebook
  • n  a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
  • s  according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
    a casebook schizophrenic
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