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wicker

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wick·er  (wkr)
n.
1. A flexible plant branch or twig, as of a willow, used in weaving baskets or furniture.
2. Wickerwork.

[Middle English wiker, of Scandinavian origin; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots.]

wicker [ˈwɪkə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) short for wickerwork
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker
[from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wicker - slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes)wicker - slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2.wicker - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)wicker - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
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
wicker [ˈwɪkəʳ]
A. Nmimbre m or f
B. CPDde mimbre

wicker [ˈwɪkər] n
(= stick, stem) → osier m
(also wickerwork) → vannerie f

wicker
nKorbgeflecht nt
adj attrKorb-; wicker furnitureKorbmöbel pl

wicker:
wicker (arm)chair
nKorbsessel m
wicker basket
n(Weiden)korb m
wicker fence
nWeidenzaun m
wickerwork
n (= activity)Korbflechten nt; (= material)Korbgeflecht nt; (= articles)Korbwaren pl
adjKorb-; wicker chairKorbsessel m; wicker basketWeidenkorb m

wicker [ˈwɪkəʳ]
1. nvimini mpl
2. adjdi vimini

wicker
adj wicker [ˈwikə]
(of eg a chair or basket) made of twigs, rushes etc woven together. rottangagtig, geweefde غُصْن رَفيع من الخَيْزَران (изделие от) плетена ракита proutěný kurve- Weiden-... ψάθινος, πλεκτός de mimbre korv- ترکه اى kori- en/d'osier קָלוּע खपची vrbov prut vesszőből font anyaman tága- di vimini 枝編み細工の 작은 가지로 만든 pintas, iš vytelių pīts (no klūdziņām) anyaman rotan gevlochten flettet, kurv- wiklinowy vime (îm­pletit) din răchită плетёный prútený pleten iz vrbovih šib vrbov korg- เครื่องจักรสาน sepet işi/örgüsü 柳條編成的(椅子、籃子) плетений بید đồ làm bằng liễu gai
n wickerwork
articles made in this way. rottangwerk عيدان خَيْزَران مَجْدولَه кошничарски изделия košíkářské zboží kurvearbejde die Korbwaren (pl.) είδη καλαθοπλεκτικής artículos de mimbre vitspunutis حصيرسازى korityö vannerie עָשוּי נְצָרִים खपची की बनी टोकरी और अन्य चीजें pletena roba fonott áru barang anyaman tágavinna, körfugerð (oggetti in vimini) 枝編み細工 잔가지 세공 pinti daiktai pinumi; pīti priekšmeti barang anyaman rotan vlechtwerk kurvarbeid, flettverk wyroby wikliniarskie trabalho de vime împletituri; coşuri плетёные изделия košikársky tovar iz vrbovih šib pleteni predmeti vrbovina korgarbete เครื่องจักรสาน sepet işi eşya 柳條製品 плетені вироби بید کی بنی ہوءی چیزیں sản phẩm từ liễu gai


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Jasper's wicker bottle, which circulates freely;--in the sense, that is to say, that its contents enter freely into Mr.
Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper.
For example, by all their common and familiar performances--throwing large objects into the air which never come down; causing plants to sprout, grow visibly and blossom, in bare ground chosen by spectators; putting a man into a wicker basket, piercing him through and through with a sword while he shrieks and bleeds, and then--the basket being opened nothing is there; tossing the free end of a silken ladder into the air, mounting it and disappearing.
 
 
 
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