wicker
See also: Wicker
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)
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- Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
- Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)
- A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
- Wickerwork.
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- Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.
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Derived terms
Translations
flexible branch or twig
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wickerwork — see wickerwork
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See also
Adjective
wicker (not comparable)
- Made of wickerwork.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- 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.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in 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.
Further reading
Middle English
Adjective
wicker
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