wicker
/ˈwɪkə
/noun [mass noun]
Pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets: [as modifier]: a wicker chair...
- Each has a balcony, complete with wicker chairs and a hammock - many guests choose to sleep in the latter.
- Glancing around the porch she saw new wicker furniture that went well with the old home.
- The only complaint is that the flat is not edgy enough (it has wicker furniture).
Origin
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish viker 'willow'; related to vika 'to bend'.
Rhymes
- phagemid
- phage therapy
- phage type
- Phagiphany
- phagocytable
- phagocytal
- phagocyte
- phagocytic
- phagocytical
- phagocytically
- phagocytic index
- phagocyting
- phagocytisable
- phagocytizable
- phagocytize
- phagocytoblast
- phagocytose
- phagocytosis
- phagolysis
- phagolysosome
- phagolytic
- phagosomal
- phagosome
- -phagous
- -phagy