VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / wicker

Thesaurus: wicker

A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. n. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
  2. n. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
  3. n. Same as 1st Wike.
  4. a. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
  5. n. slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
  6. n. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
  7. 1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe. 2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese, and in a press Of wicker pressed it. Chapman. 3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.] Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser.
  8. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailédcuriously. Spenser.
  9. n:100 n. slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork n. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)