1 [C] an animal with a wide flat tail and strong teeth. Beavers live in water and on land and can build DAMS (= barriers across rivers), made of pieces of wood and mud.
seealsoEAGERBEAVER
2 [U] the fur of the beaver, used in making hats and clothes
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
beaver away (at sth) (informal) to work very hard at sth:
He's been beavering away at the accounts all morning.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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