lavers

Welsh cuisine seaweeds

Lavers is the plural of laver, a word with two distinct meanings.

One laver is an edible seaweed, especially the type used in Welsh cuisine to make laverbread.

The other laver is a basin for washing, particularly the ceremonial basin used by priests in ancient Jewish temples: The priests washed their hands in the laver before approaching the altar.

seaweed

nori

Dried edible seaweed sheets

algae · kelp · sea lettuce · red algae · edible seaweed · sushi · onigiri · shoreline · foraging · umami

basin

washbowl

Basin for bathing

font · ewer · pedestal · vessel · faucet · spigot · tap · drain · overflow · bathroom

ritual

baptismal

Of the initiation rite

ceremonial washing · sacred · consecration · cleansing rite · liturgical · holy water · mikveh · sanctification · temple · lustration

Opposites
aquatic vs terrestrial plants

laversroot vegetables

Edible underground plant parts

field crops · grains · legumes

cleansing vs soiling function

laverschamber pots

Bedside waste receptacles

slop buckets · dustbins · spittoons · cesspits · garbage pails

Family

lave, laver

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