bas·ket·ry

[bas-ki-tree, bah-ski-]
noun
1.
baskets collectively; basketwork.
2.
the art or process of making baskets.

Origin:
1850–55; basket + -ry

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basketry (ˈbɑːskɪtrɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the art or practice of making baskets
2.  baskets collectively

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Basketry is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
Spring was also the time to collect camas bulbs and basketry materials.
As a result of these changes, basketry styles changed and became hybridized.
Sometimes his pieces resemble hybrids of basketry and cooperage.
Elderberry twigs and fruit are employed in creating dyes for basketry.
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