wick·er·work

(wĭk′ər-wûrk′)

Furniture or other work made of wicker.

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wickerwork

(ˈwɪkəˌwɜːk)

(Crafts)

a. a material consisting of wicker

b. (as modifier): a wickerwork chair.

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wick•er•work

(ˈwɪk ərˌwɜrk)

n.

material or products consisting of plaited or woven twigs or osiers; articles made of wicker.

[1705–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

wickerwork - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

caning, wicker

piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

Translations

عيدان خَيْزَران مَجْدولَه

kurvearbejde

Korbwaren

vannerie

fonott áru

tágavinna, körfugerî

lavoro in vimini

flettverk kurvarbeid

košikársky tovar

sepet işi eşya

柳条制品

wickerwork

[ˈwɪkəwɜːk]

A. N

1. (= objects) → artículos mpl de mimbre

2. [of chair etc] → rejilla f

3. (= craft) → cestería f

B. CPD → de mimbre

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wickerwork

[ˈwɪkə^rwɜː^rk] n → vannerie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wickerwork

[ˈwɪkəˌwɜːk] n → oggetti mpl di vimini

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wicker

(ˈwikə) adjective

(of eg a chair or basket) made of twigs, rushes etc woven together.

ˈwickerwork noun

articles made in this way.

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The inner place he partitioned off with the same wickerwork, but much fairer, and divided into six apartments, so that he had six rooms on a floor, and out of every one of these there was a door: first into the entry, or coming into the main tent, another door into the main tent, and another door into the space or walk that was round it; so that walk was also divided into six equal parts, which served not only for a retreat, but to store up any necessaries which the family had occasion for.

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