Wicker

//ˈwɪkə(ɹ)// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) wordnet
  3. 3
    Wickerwork. countable, uncountable

    "wicker basket    wicker cradle"

  4. 4
    slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of wickerwork. not-comparable

    "There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Brazos County, Texas, United States, recorded by the USGS as a populated place.

Synonyms

All synonyms
basketworkarabesquebasketworkcancellationcaningcross hatching

Example

More examples

"Arjun passed by the shop that sold wicker baskets."

Etymology

From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

Related phrases

wicker man

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