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wicker

(wɪkəʳ)
uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun]
Wicker is long thin sticks, stems, or reeds that have been woven together to make things such as baskets and furniture.
...a wicker basket.

wicker in British English

(ˈwɪkə)
noun
1. 
a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow
2.  short for wickerwork
adjective
3. 
made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker
Word origin
C14: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend

wicker in American English

(ˈwɪkər)
noun
1. 
a thin, flexible twig; withe
2. 
a. 
such twigs or long, woody strips woven together, as in making baskets or furniture
b. 
wickerwork (sense 1)
adjective
3. 
made of or covered with wicker
Word origin
ME wiker < Scand, as in Swed dial. viker, Dan dial. vigger, willow, Swed vika, to bend < IE base *weig- > weak

Examples of 'wicker' in a sentence
wicker

Well the wicker baskets sound nice anyway.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Three vertiginous pillars of wicker baskets and colourful textiles frame the back of the stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Wicker chairs dotted the garden and in the centre was its famed swimming pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We perch next to it on metal wicker chairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There was a straw bed and a wicker chair.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The wicker chairs on the lower floor are the perfect place for a spot of forward planning.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He heard the creak of the wicker chair and his mother went quickly out of the room.
Patrick O'Brian Richard Temple
Avoid wicker baskets as plant holders, as they can harbour mould.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter (1989)
Or maybe a wicker chair, more comfortable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Everyone would sit in the wicker armchairs and on the hard chairs from around the dining-room table.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
I climb into the wicker chair that hangs from the ceiling of my veranda and listen.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Service is slick, blues and jazz play quietly in the background and the wicker chairs are blissfully comfortable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An hour and a half would probably do it, they must have thought as they settled into the wicker chairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Seats are leather, baskets wicker, and the riding position is comfortable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There followed a brown wicker chair, a mattress and lamps of minimalist Scandinavian design.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Rooms have exposed stone walls and original beams, modern art, wicker sofas and designer lamps.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is a lot of settling back in the wicker chairs occupied by the great and good in the Royal Box.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
wicker

British English: wicker NOUN
Wicker is long thin sticks, stems, or reeds that have been woven together to make things such as baskets and furniture.
...a wicker basket.
  • American English: wicker
  • Brazilian Portuguese: vime
  • Chinese: 枝条编制
  • European Spanish: mimbre
  • French: osier
  • German: Korbgeflecht
  • Italian: vimini
  • Japanese: 籐細工
  • Korean: 고리버들
  • European Portuguese: vime
  • Latin American Spanish: mimbre
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