wicker
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈwɪkər/
:
mimbre
- As usual, old Mrs. Shiftlet was perched below on the landing in her wicker chair.
- wicker baskets
- wicker chair
Look at that nice little table and chair and that beautiful Wicker chair with a tropical theme and plants waving in the breeze.
- Look at that nice little table and chair and that beautiful Wicker chair with a tropical theme and plants waving in the breeze.
- Would it be a Ross Hall if I didn't buy a Wicker basket?
- Actually, looking back, it was deliberate and puke all over the Wicker chair.
Examples
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Her apartment is small but tasteful, a lot of wicker, a lot of sunlight.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the next shop, she examined a wicker chair and end table and listened.
Fiction book (1990) -
Alice is sitting in the wicker chair at the end of her bed.
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In the living room, there were two wicker outdoor chairs and nothing else.
Fiction book (1993) -
I sat, slumped in a wicker chair on the patio, drinking strong, black coffee.
Fiction book (1993) -
We sit creakingly in a white wicker chair among the columns and screens of a wooden porch.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the distance, we see women with large wicker baskets on their backs, picking in multi-terraced tea gardens.
Academic text (2000) -
Ms. Archer occupies an office full of wicker chairs and lavender.
Fiction book (1991) -
The chair legs creaked as Orvil sat in skinny chairs with wicker seats, but it felt good to sit again.
Fiction book (1995) -
The children placed their toys in the wicker basket after playing outside.
Synonyms
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7.4
A material made by weaving thin branches into seats or baskets
Objects made by weaving thin branches into chairs or baskets
Compounds
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wicker probably comes from an old northern word meaning 'to bend' or 'to twist', so imagine bending thin twigs into shape. Think of weave, the act of crossing strands, and that explains why wicker means bendable twigs or the woven furniture and baskets made from them.