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cleeve¹

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From Irish cliabh (“basket”).

noun cleeves

  1. A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

Cleeve²

proper noun Cleeves

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4666).

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"cleeve." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cleeve. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cleeve. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cleeve

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"cleeve." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cleeve.

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@misc{cleeve_2026,
  title = {cleeve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cleeve},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}