wicker

(redirected from wickers)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

Related to wickers: Wickes

wick·er

(wĭk′ər)

1. Flexible twigs, branches, plant stems, or pieces of synthetic material, used for making baskets or furniture.

2. Wickerwork.

[Middle English wiker, of Scandinavian origin; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

wicker

(ˈwɪkə)

1. (Forestry) a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow

2. (Forestry) short for wickerwork

adj

(Forestry) made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker

[C14: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wick•er

(ˈwɪk ər)

n.

1. a slender, pliant twig; osier.

2. plaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.; wickerwork.

3. something made of wickerwork, as a basket.

adj.

4. consisting or made of wicker: a wicker chair.

5. covered with wicker: a wicker jug.

[1300–50; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare dial. Swedish vikker willow; akin to weak]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	wicker - slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	wicker - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) caning, wickerwork piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

Translations

غُصْن رَفيع من الخَيْزَران

kurve-

vitsa

vesszõbõl font

tága-

vimine

iš vytelių

pīts

wiklina

лоза прут

sepet işi/örgüsü

柳条编制的制品

wicker

[ˈwɪkəʳ]

A. N → mimbre m or f

B. CPD → de mimbre

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wicker

[ˈwɪkə^r] n

(= stick, stem) → osier m

(also wickerwork) → vannerie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wicker

n → Korbgeflecht nt

adj attr → Korb-; wicker furniture → Korbmöbel pl

wicker

wicker (arm)chair

n → Korbsessel m

wicker basket

n → (Weiden)korb m

wicker fence

n → Weidenzaun m

wickerwork

n (= activity) → Korbflechten nt; (= material) → Korbgeflecht nt; (= articles) → Korbwaren pl

adj → Korb-; wicker chair → Korbsessel m; wicker basket → Weidenkorb m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wicker

[ˈwɪkəʳ]

1. n → vimini mpl

2. adj → di vimini

wicker

(ˈwikə) adjective

(of eg a chair or basket) made of twigs, rushes etc woven together.

ˈwickerwork noun

articles made in this way.

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

As aeronauts lighten the load they carry, when they wish to rise, similarly Durdles has lightened the wicker bottle in coming up.

View in context

The poor folks used to buy the wicker mats on which they drain their cheeses, and all the baskets needed for the insignificant trade of the district.

View in context

'The lantern, the spade, and the wicker bottle were found, that day, in the churchyard.

View in context

Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper.

View in context

"For example, by all their common and familiar performances--throwing large objects into the air which never come down; causing plants to sprout, grow visibly and blossom, in bare ground chosen by spectators; putting a man into a wicker basket, piercing him through and through with a sword while he shrieks and bleeds, and then--the basket being opened nothing is there; tossing the free end of a silken ladder into the air, mounting it and disappearing."

View in context

At once a little girl rose from her seat and walked to the door of the car, carrying a wicker suit-case in one hand and a round bird-cage covered up with newspapers in the other, while a parasol was tucked under her arm.

View in context

From this framework was suspended a wicker basket or car.

View in context

Lord Henry was lying back in a silk-draped wicker chair, looking at them.

View in context

The biggest piece of furniture was an enormous wicker trunk, with a very lively coloured stocking dangling out at a hole in it, and a notice on the top that Joey was the funniest man on earth.

View in context

They passed out of the compound through a small wicker gate, and went on under the blazing sun, winding about among new-planted cocoanuts that threw no shade.

View in context

I was sufficiently conversant with Holmes's methods to be able to follow his reasoning, and to see that the nature and state of the various medical instruments in the wicker basket which hung in the lamplight inside the brougham had given him the data for his swift deduction.

View in context

There was a wicker cradle on the floor, a kettle spouting steam on the hob, and some child's linen lay drying on the fender.