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wicker

[ wik-er ]

noun

  1. a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
  2. plaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.; wickerwork.
  3. something made of wickerwork, as a basket.


adjective

  1. consisting or made of wicker:

    a wicker chair.

  2. covered with wicker:

    a wicker jug.

wicker

/ ˈwɪkə /

noun

  1. a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow
  2. short for wickerwork


adjective

  1. made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wicker1

1300–50; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish vikker willow. See weak

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wicker1

C14: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend

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Example Sentences

For a large fee, you could be pushed down the boardwalk on a rolling wicker chair by a black worker.

The large bottle is served slightly on its side in a wicker basket so the sediment can sink to the bottom.

Could a mind-boggling vendetta be behind the ricin letters sent to Obama and Wicker?

I sent letters to State Representative Roger Wicker, Senator Trent Lott and Thad Cochran.

He also had an encounter with Roger Wicker, one of the recipients of the ricin letters.

It was just possible that he could have done so, for it had one of those light wicker-work seats.

It was very pleasant there on the side porch, where there were chairs, a wicker lounge, and a small table.

Victor went and reclined on the wicker lounge behind his mother's chair, where he commanded a view of Edna's face.

To render this state of things bearable, the inhabitants use, besides the punkas in the rooms, wicker-work made of bamboo.

The waiter came in with a wicker wrapped bottle which he set on the table before the newcomers.

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