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basketlike

basketlike

3.0
Having the shape or woven look of a basket
  • adjective
  • /ˈbæskɪtˌlaɪk/
translation icon : en forma de cesta
  • The artist created a basketlike sculpture that resembled a traditional woven basket.

Examples

  • An impressive steel enclosure that defines a Great Hall is also said to be "basketlike" because its structure was informed by wigwam technology.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The basketlike design of the chair makes it comfortable and stylish.

  • She admired the basketlike pattern woven into the fabric of the bag.

Synonyms

basket-shaped
vsbasketlike
4.2

Having the shape of a basket

is about general appearance or qualities rather than exact shape

How Basketlike

basketlike
3.0
woven
1 3.4

Surface Forms

basketlike positive

Morphology

basketlike = basket (transparent) = basket + like

Meaning is directly and predictably derived from 'basket' + the adjectival suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling'.

Etymology

Basketlike comes from the common word basket, meaning 'a woven container', plus the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So something described as basketlike looks or feels like a basket.