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basketry

basketry noun: the process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.

Noun

basketry (usually uncountable, plural basketries)

  1. (usually) The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
    • “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.2010 February 12, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times
  2. (usually) Baskets collectively.

Synonyms of basketry

Forms of basketry

pluralbasketries

Origin of basketry

From basket + -ry.

Questions about basketry

What does basketry mean?
Basketry means the process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
What part of speech is basketry?
Basketry is a noun.
What is the plural of basketry?
The plural of basketry is basketries.

Words near basketry in the dictionary

  1. basketmakers
  2. basketmaking
  3. Basketo
  4. basketplant
  5. basketries
  6. basketry
  7. baskets
  8. baskets of currencies
  9. baskets of goods
  10. basketsful
  11. basketstar

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