"wicker" meaning in English

See wicker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wicker.wav
enPR: wĭkʹər [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiker}} Middle English wiker, {{cog|sv|vikker||willow}} Swedish vikker (“willow”), {{cog|non|veikr||weak}} Old Norse veikr (“weak”), {{cog|en|weak}} English weak Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wicker (not comparable)
  1. Made of wickerwork. Tags: not-comparable Translations (made of wickerwork): плетен (pleten) (Bulgarian), gevlochten (Dutch), fonott (Hungarian), vesszőből font (Hungarian), hasır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wicker-en-adj-W~kNi8n7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 7 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 8 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 66 16 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 16 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 67 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 74 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 77 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 17 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 6 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 72 9 19

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wicker.wav Forms: wickers [plural]
enPR: wĭkʹər [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiker}} Middle English wiker, {{cog|sv|vikker||willow}} Swedish vikker (“willow”), {{cog|non|veikr||weak}} Old Norse veikr (“weak”), {{cog|en|weak}} English weak Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)
  1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (flexible branch or twig): কামি (kami) (Assamese), vímet [masculine] (Catalan), 柳條 (Chinese Mandarin), 柳条 (liǔtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (bì) (Chinese Mandarin), virgule [feminine] (Czech), teen (Dutch), twijg (Dutch), vitsa (Finnish), osier [masculine] (French), vime [masculine] (Galician), vimbio [masculine] (Galician), bringa [feminine] (Galician), buíño [masculine] (Galician), guineita [feminine] (Galician), guimia [feminine] (Galician), trogallo [masculine] (Galician), brime [masculine] (Galician), ódega [feminine] (Galician), Weide [feminine] (German), ψάθα (psátha) [feminine] (Greek), vessző (Hungarian), fűzfavessző (Hungarian), vitsa (Ingrian), caolach [masculine] (Irish), vimini (Italian), 小枝 (koeda) (alt: こえだ) (Japanese), () (alt: とう) [attributive, especially] (Japanese), 고리 (gori) (Korean), estera [feminine] (Ladino), ترکه (tarke) (Persian), wiklina [feminine] (Polish), vime [masculine] (Portuguese), verga [feminine] (Portuguese), nuia [feminine] (Romanian), прут (prut) [masculine] (Russian), лоза́ (lozá) [feminine] (Russian), mimbre [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wicker-en-noun-RiaSnL1x Disambiguation of 'flexible branch or twig': 98 2
  2. Wickerwork. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wicker-en-noun-C~DNJ2pM Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 6 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wickerwork, rewicker, wicker man Related terms: basket, cradle, rattan

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "flexible branch or twig",
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          "word": "vimini"
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          "alt": "こえだ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koeda",
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          "word": "小枝"
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          "roman": "tō",
          "sense": "flexible branch or twig",
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          "word": "籐"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gori",
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          "word": "고리"
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          "roman": "tarke",
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          "word": "ترکه"
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          "word": "wiklina"
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          "word": "nuia"
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          "word": "прут"
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          "word": "mimbre"
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          "text": "wicker basket",
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          "text": "wicker cradle",
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          "ref": "1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.",
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      "roman": "pleten",
      "sense": "made of wickerwork",
      "word": "плетен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "made of wickerwork",
      "word": "gevlochten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "made of wickerwork",
      "word": "fonott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "made of wickerwork",
      "word": "vesszőből font"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "made of wickerwork",
      "word": "hasır"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wicker"
}

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