noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwɪk.ə.wɜːk/
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General-American:/ˈwɪk.ɚ.wɚk/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A thing or things made of wicker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The craft of making things out of wicker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wicker, caning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work, piece of work
History
Etymology
From wicker + -work (“made of specified material”).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
кошничарски изделия
(košničarski izdelija)
— things made of wicker
Chinese Mandarin:
柳條編製品 /柳条编制品
(liǔtiáo biānzhìpǐn)
— things made of wicker
Chinese Mandarin:
柳編 /柳编
(liǔbiān)
— things made of wicker
Danish:
fletværk
— things made of wicker
Dutch:
vlechtwerk
— things made of wicker
Dutch:
mandenmakerswerk
— things made of wicker
Esperanto:
plektaĵo
— things made of wicker
Finnish:
korityö
— things made of wicker
French:
vannerie
— things made of wicker
Galician:
cestería
— things made of wicker
German:
Korbgeflecht
— things made of wicker
German:
Korbwaren
— things made of wicker
German:
Korbflechtware
— things made of wicker
German:
Flechtwerk
— things made of wicker
Ancient Greek:
γέρρον
(gérrhon)
— things made of wicker
Ancient Greek:
πλέγμα
(plégma)
— things made of wicker
Hungarian:
fonott áru
— things made of wicker
Irish:
ciseadóireacht
— things made of wicker
Irish:
caoladóireacht
— things made of wicker
Irish:
caolach
— things made of wicker
Italian:
lavorazione in vimini
— things made of wicker
Italian:
prodotto in vimini
— things made of wicker
Japanese:
枝編み細工
(eda ami zaiku)
— things made of wicker
Korean:
고리짝
(gorijjak)
— things made of wicker
Korean:
고리
(gori)
— things made of wicker
Latin:
scirpea
— things made of wicker
Latin:
crātis
— things made of wicker
Maltese:
xogħol tal-qasab
— things made of wicker
Māori:
tāiki
— things made of wicker
Māori:
pūtāiki
— things made of wicker
Norwegian Bokmål:
flettverk
— things made of wicker
Portuguese:
cestaria
— things made of wicker
Portuguese:
vime
— things made of wicker
Russian:
плетёные изде́лия
(pletjónyje izdélija)
— things made of wicker
Serbo-Croatian:
pleter
— things made of wicker
Spanish:
cestería
— things made of wicker
Spanish:
mimbre
— things made of wicker
Swedish:
flätverk
— things made of wicker
Swedish:
korgarbete
— things made of wicker
Turkish:
hasır
— things made of wicker
Volapük:
flök
— things made of wicker
Welsh:
gwaith gwiail
— things made of wicker
Welsh:
gwialenwaith
— things made of wicker
Welsh:
gwieilwaith
— things made of wicker
Yiddish:
פֿלעכטוואַרג
(Flekhtvarg)
— things made of wicker
