hamperverb [ T ]
uk/ˈhæm.pər/us/ˈhæm.pɚ/to prevent someone doing something easily:
Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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hampernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhæm.pər/us/ˈhæm.pɚ/a large, rectangular container with a lid:
a picnic hamper
UK a box containing food and drink, usually given as a present, for example at Christmas
US UK laundry basket a container used for carrying dirty clothes and bed sheets and for storing them while they are waiting to be washed
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General and miscellaneous containers
- bin
- carton
- casing
- casket
- clothes basket
- coal bunker
- coffer
- gunnysack
- hanging basket
- hod
- holder
- inkstand
- receptacle
- resealable
- safe
- safe deposit box
- safety deposit box
- sandpail
- shaker
- wormery
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