Meanings
nounbasketry (usually uncountable, plural basketries)
plural basketries
- uncountableusuallyThe process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.
2010 February 12, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times - uncountableusuallyBaskets collectively.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Celtic*baskis
- Late Latinbascauda
- Anglo-Normanbascat
- Middle Englishbasket
- Englishbasket
- Englishbasketry
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APA
basketry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketry
MLA
“basketry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basketry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketry.
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