Phrase guide

winnowing basket

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A basket used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: winnowing fan

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِنْسَف (minsaf) — basket used to winnow
  • Arabic: مِنْسَفَة (minsafa) — basket used to winnow
  • Assamese: ডলা (dola) — basket used to winnow
  • Central Bikol: nigo — basket used to winnow
  • Breton: gwentell — basket used to winnow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簸箕 (bòji) — basket used to winnow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 箕 (jī) — basket used to winnow
  • Cornish: gwynsell — basket used to winnow
  • Dutch: wan — basket used to winnow
  • Esperanto: ventumkorbo — basket used to winnow
  • Finnish: pohdin — basket used to winnow
  • French: van — basket used to winnow
  • Galo: opo — basket used to winnow
  • German: Worfel — basket used to winnow
  • German: Kornschwinge — basket used to winnow
  • German: Wanne — basket used to winnow
  • Hindi: सूप (sūp) — basket used to winnow
  • Hindi: छाज (chāj) — basket used to winnow
  • Ilocano: bigao — basket used to winnow
  • Irish: roithleán — basket used to winnow
  • Irish: dallán — basket used to winnow
  • Japanese: 箕 (mi) — basket used to winnow
  • Lao: ກະດົ້ງ (ka dong) — basket used to winnow
  • Lao: ດົ້ງ (dong) — basket used to winnow
  • Latin: vannus — basket used to winnow
  • Malay: tampi — basket used to winnow
  • Phake: ꩫ︀ုင︀် (nuṅ) — basket used to winnow
  • Polish: wiejadło — basket used to winnow
  • Punjabi: ਛੱਜ (chajja) — basket used to winnow
  • Russian: веялка (vejalka) — basket used to winnow
  • Shan: လူင်ႈ (lūung) — basket used to winnow
  • Sicilian: crivu — basket used to winnow
  • Spanish: vano — basket used to winnow
  • Swedish: kastskovel — basket used to winnow
  • Tagalog: bilao — basket used to winnow
  • Tamil: முறம் (muṟam) — basket used to winnow
  • Thai: กระด้ง (grà-dông) — basket used to winnow
  • Thai: บุ้งกี๋ — basket used to winnow
  • Thai: ปุ้งกี๋ — basket used to winnow
  • Vietnamese: sàng — basket used to winnow
  • Welsh: gwyntyll — basket used to winnow