Basketry

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket. uncountable, usually

    "“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design."

  2. 2
    the craft of basket making wordnet
  3. 3
    Baskets collectively. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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arabesquebasket weavingbasketmakingbasketmakingbasketworkcancellation

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"“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design."

Etymology

From basket + -ry.

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