A well-used creel might better not be picked as a picnic hamper.
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Hamper
//ˈhæm.pɚ//
Synonyms for "hamper" (215 found)
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2 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
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8 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- զամբյուղ noun (large basket)
- կողով noun (large basket)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кошница с капак noun (large basket)
- препятствие noun (anything which impedes)
- пречка noun (anything which impedes)
- затруднявам verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Catalan
1 entries- recloure verb (to put into a hamper)
Czech
4 entries- koš noun (large basket)
- bránit verb (to impede in motion or progress)
- překážet verb (to impede in motion or progress)
- vadit verb (to impede in motion or progress)
Dutch
4 entries- beletsel noun (anything which impedes)
- hindernis noun (anything which impedes)
- korf noun (large basket)
- mand noun (large basket)
Esperanto
3 entries- korbo noun (large basket)
- malhelpi verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
- ĝeni verb (to impede in motion or progress)
Estonian
2 entries- segama verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
- takistama verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Finnish
4 entries- este noun (anything which impedes)
- kori noun (large basket)
- pidäke noun (anything which impedes)
- estää verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
French
4 entries- bourriche noun (large basket)
- obstacle noun (anything which impedes)
- panier d'osier noun (large basket)
- empêcher verb (to impede in motion or progress)
German
4 entries- Hemmnis noun (anything which impedes)
- Hemmschuh noun (anything which impedes)
- Hindernis noun (anything which impedes)
- Korb noun (large basket)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to impede in motion or progress)
Hungarian
1 entries- gátol verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Irish
4 entries- cis noun (large basket)
- ciseach noun (large basket)
- ciseán noun (large basket)
- bac a chur ar verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Italian
4 entries- canestro noun (large basket)
- cesta noun (large basket)
- cesto noun (large basket)
- impedimento noun (anything which impedes)
Latin
1 entries- impediō verb (to impede in motion or progress)
Māori
4 entries- tokanga noun (large basket)
- whakatomo noun (large basket)
- whirirua noun (large basket)
- kaiwaenga verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Polish
4 entries- przeszkoda noun (anything which impedes)
- zawada noun (anything which impedes)
- spętać verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
- ujarzmić verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Portuguese
4 entries- balaio noun (large basket)
- canastra noun (large basket)
- seira noun (large basket)
- estorvar verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Russian
2 entries- корзи́на noun (large basket)
- затрудня́ть verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Spanish
4 entries- banasta noun (large basket)
- banasto noun (large basket)
- canasta noun (large basket)
- canasto noun (large basket)
Swedish
3 entries- korg noun (large basket)
- hindra verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
- hämma verb (to put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Please be quiet and don't hamper my work.
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Tom tossed his dirty clothes in the hamper.
Source: tatoeba (2994774)
Tom gathered his dirty clothes and put them into the hamper.
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