wicker
pronunciation
How to pronounce wicker in British English:
UK [ˈwɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce wicker in American English:
US [ˈwɪkɚ]
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- Noun:
- slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
- work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
Word Origin
- wicker (n.)
- mid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish viger, Middle Swedish viker "willow, willow branch"), from Proto-Germanic *wik- (cognates: Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," Old English wican "to give way, yield"), from PIE root *weik- (4) "to bend, twine" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs. As an adjective, "made of wicker," from c. 1500.
Example
- 1. When the tailor opened it , the wicker husband stood outside .
- 2. The all-white kitchen is softened with wicker , wood and wool .
- 3. When the shoe-maker opened it , the wicker husband stood there .
- 4. ' You are the only reason that I live and breathe , ' the wicker husband said to his wife .
- 5. The pilgrim boy dropped the rope he was using to lead the cow , and began filling the broad wicker basket with the soft fruit .