wicker

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"wIk@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)

• (US) enPR: wĭkʹər, IPA: /ˈwɪkɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"wIk@`/
• Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology

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

Noun

wicker (plural wickers)

1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
2. Wickerwork.

Derived terms

• wickerwork
• rewicker
• Wicker Man

Translations

flexible branch or twig

• Catalan: vímet (ca) m
• Finnish: vitsa (fi)
• Italian: vimini (it)
• Korean: 고리 (ko) (gori)
• Polish: wiklina (pl) f

• Portuguese: vime (pt) f
• Russian: прут (ru) (prut) m, лоза (ru) (lozá) f
• Spanish: mimbre (es) m

wickerwork — see wickerwork

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• German: Flechtwerk n
• Korean: 고리 (gori)
• Portuguese: verga f
• Spanish: mimbre m

See also

• basket
• cradle

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

1. Made of wickerwork.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.