Noun: corf
| Singular | corf |
| Plural | corves; corfs |
Sample Sentences
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Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […]?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […]? [1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:]
Nouns inflected like corf
Mobius scarf,
Moebius scarf,
head-scarf,
Palestinian scarf,
head scarf,
presheaf,
moebius scarf,
government wharf,
doorleaf,
bloodleaf,
capsheaf,
mobius scarf,
theif,
theef,
wharf,
scarf,
shelf,
sheaf,
headscarf,
cloven hoof, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb. See: Middle English Nouns '
corf'.
Verbs referencing "corf"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kurv.