wicker
Syllables: wick·er/ˈwɪkəː/US/ˈwɪkɚ/
wicker noun: a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
Noun
wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)
- A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
- Wickerwork.
- wicker basket wicker chair wicker cradle
- Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...
- Synonyms:
- wick
Adjective
wicker (not comparable)
- Made of wickerwork.
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind
Proper noun capitalized: Wicker
Wicker
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Brazos County, Texas, United States, recorded by the USGS as a populated place.
wicker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wicker in Hindi
- विकर, विकेर
wicker in Tamil
- பிரம்பு முடைந்த
wicker in Marathi
- विकर
wicker in Urdu
- بید, ڈالی, سرکی
More languagesFewer languages
- wicker in Bengali
- উইকার
- wicker in Telugu
- వికర్, వికెర్
- wicker in Malayalam
- വിക്കർ
- wicker in Kannada
- ತೆಳುಸೆಳ್ಳು, ಸೆಳ್ಳು ಹೆಣಿಗೆ
- wicker in Punjabi
- ਵਿਕਰ
- wicker in Gujarati
- વિકર, વિકેર
- wicker in Odia
- ୱିକର୍
- wicker in Assamese
- কামি kami
- wicker in Nepali
- विकर, विकेर
- wicker in Arabic
- خُوص ḵūṣ
- wicker in Persian
- ترکه tarke
Examples of wicker in a sentence
- She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.
- There also were wicker skeps or hives, and these were cloomed.
- He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly.
Synonyms of wicker
Forms of wicker
| plural | wickers |
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Origin of wicker
From Middle English wiker, cognate with Old Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
Words formed from wicker
Phrases with wicker
Words that rhyme with wicker
Questions about wicker
- What does wicker mean?
- Wicker means a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
- What is wicker in Hindi?
- Wicker in Hindi is विकर, विकेर. See Wicker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wicker?
- Wicker can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wicker?
- Wicker is pronounced /ˈwɪkəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wicker?
- The plural of wicker is wickers.
Words near wicker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wicker (page history and authors); Wicker (page history and authors); wicker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wicker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wicker (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wicker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wicker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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