Synonyms for wicker
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wik-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪk ər |
Définition of wicker
Origin :- mid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Middle Swedish viker "willow branch") akin to Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," and related to Old English wican "to give way, yield" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs.
- adj straw-woven
- It was a large bedroom with high ceilings and wicker furniture.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- They vse also mosse tyed on aboue the clay with some bryer, wicker, or other bands.
- Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
- He sat in his wicker chair before the fire and rocked himself and moaned.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- There were arrows and wicker shields also, and the huge wooden shields of the Egyptians.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- The wicker armchair was the most substantial thing about her person.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- So hey for the wicker demi-john and the free-lunch brand of grub!
- Extract from : « Rippling Rhymes » by Walt Mason
- The man in the wicker chair was looking at them, a half smile on his lips.
- Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
- He sank deeper into his wicker arm-chair, throwing one leg over the other.
- Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
- Then he climbed in beside her and wished himself in his own wicker castle.
- Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
- For once the wicker walls of a bamboo house had a merit all their own.
- Extract from : « Anting-Anting Stories » by Sargent Kayme
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