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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wick•er /ˈwɪkɚ/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a slender, easily bent twig that can be shaped to form baskets, furniture, etc.
- Furniture[uncountable] twigs or sticks bent and woven together, used as the material for baskets, chairs, or the like;
wickerwork.
adj. [before a noun] - Furnituremade of wicker;
covered with wicker.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wick•er (wik′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a slender, pliant twig;
osier;
withe. - Furnitureplaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.;
wickerwork. - Furnituresomething made of wickerwork, as a basket.
adj. - Furnitureconsisting or made of wicker:a wicker chair.
- covered with wicker:a wicker jug.
- Scandinavian; compare dialect, dialectal Swedish vikker willow. See weak
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wicker /ˈwɪkə/ n - a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow
- short for wickerwork
adj - made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker
Etymology: 14th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend |