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basketmaker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 S K AH0 T M EY2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who weaves baskets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone skilled in weaving baskets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basketweaver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maker, shaper

History

Etymology

From basket + maker.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: xunkthëtar — person who weaves baskets
  • Catalan: cisteller — person who weaves baskets
  • Catalan: cistellera — person who weaves baskets
  • Danish: kurvemager — person who weaves baskets
  • Dutch: mandenvlechter — person who weaves baskets
  • Dutch: mandenvlechtster — person who weaves baskets
  • Dutch: korver — person who weaves baskets
  • French: vannier — person who weaves baskets
  • French: vannière — person who weaves baskets
  • French: tresseur de paniers — person who weaves baskets
  • French: tresseuse de paniers — person who weaves baskets
  • Galician: cesteiro — person who weaves baskets
  • German: Korbmacher — person who weaves baskets
  • German: Korbmacherin — person who weaves baskets
  • German: Korbflechter — person who weaves baskets
  • German: Korbflechterin — person who weaves baskets
  • Greek: καλαθοποιός (kalathopoiós) — person who weaves baskets
  • Greek: καλαθάς (kalathás) — person who weaves baskets
  • Irish: ciseadóir — person who weaves baskets
  • Irish: caoladóir — person who weaves baskets
  • Italian: cestaio — person who weaves baskets
  • Northern Kurdish: zembîlvan — person who weaves baskets
  • Latin: vītor — person who weaves baskets
  • Luxembourgish: Kierfmécher — person who weaves baskets
  • Classical Nahuatl: chiquiuhchiuhqui — person who weaves baskets
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korgmaker — person who weaves baskets
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kurvmaker — person who weaves baskets
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korgmakar — person who weaves baskets
  • Polish: koszykarz — person who weaves baskets
  • Polish: koszykarka — person who weaves baskets
  • Portuguese: cesteiro — person who weaves baskets
  • Portuguese: cesteira — person who weaves baskets
  • Swedish: korgmakare — person who weaves baskets
  • Volapük: bäsetel — person who weaves baskets
  • Volapük: hibäsetel — person who weaves baskets
  • Volapük: jibäsetel — person who weaves baskets