different between wicker vs cleeve

English

Etymology

From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(r)
• (General American) enPR: w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)

1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
2. Wickerwork.

Derived terms

• wickerwork
• rewicker
• wicker man

Translations

See also

• basket
• cradle
• rattan

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

1. Made of wickerwork.

Translations

Further reading

• wicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

wicker

1. comparative degree of wikke

English

Etymology

From Irish cliabh (“basket”).

Noun

cleeve (plural cleeves)

1. A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

Middle English

Verb

cleeve

1. Alternative form of cleven (“to split”)