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Wicker

/ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Wicker"

noun

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

adjective

1
Made of wickerwork.

🔄 Synonyms of "Wicker"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wickerworknoun	The craft of making things out of wicker.
caningnoun	A beating with a cane, especially as a form of punishment

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wicker"

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Word	Definition
wickerworknoun	The craft of making things out of wicker.
caningnoun	A beating with a cane, especially as a form of punishment
osiernoun	(loosely) Any kind of willow.
wicker-worknoun	Alternative spelling of wickerwork. [A thing or things made of wicker.]
wickerwarenoun	Articles made from wicker.
wattlenoun	A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
wattleworknoun	Constructions made from woven branches and twigs.
basketweavingnoun	The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
canenoun	A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:
wattlingnoun	An interwoven mesh of twigs; wattle.
wandworknoun	The use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or religious ritual or ceremony (e.g. drawing symbols such as pentagrams in the air, as in Wicca).
basket weavingnoun	Alternative form of basketweaving. [The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.]
wispnoun	A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
willynoun	(hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, childish) the penis.
basket chairnoun	A chair in which the seat and back are made of wickerwork.
withenoun	A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
withynoun	An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
widdynoun	(Scotland, obsolete) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs or withes or such
withnoun	(regional US, chiefly Midwest and West, informal) Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
creelnoun	(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.