Basketry
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noun.
The craft or process of making baskets or objects woven like baskets.
noun.
Baskets and similar objects of interwoven material considered as a group.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Basketwork or basketware; basket-making.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The process of
weaving
unspun vegetable
fibers
to make a
basket
.
noun.
baskets
collectively
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noun.
the craft of basket making
Word Usage
"[Page 246] lent by the Field Museum, and later by carefully selected specimens of basketry from the Philippines."
cross-reference
basketmaker
coiled basketry
plicated basketry
twilled basketry
twined basketry
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
craft
trade
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
bagwig
batteaux
beadwork
beegah
boutonnière
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
basket weaving
basketmaking