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Wicker

//ˈwɪkə(ɹ)// adj, name, noun

Definitions

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.
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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