basket weave

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noun

a plain weave with two or more yarns woven together in a checkered pattern resembling that of a woven basket.

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Origin of basket weave

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby basket weave

basket hilt, Basket Maker, basket-of-gold, basketry, basket star, basket weave, basketweaver, basketwork, Baskin, basking shark, bask in the sun

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How to use basket weave in a sentence

Her microhistories weave compelling lives into larger stories, and William Moulton Marston is irresistible.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Love means never having to say you're sorry... even if it leads to a gift basket.
The Captain’s Log: Derek Jeter’s Lady-Killing Past, From ‘Yeah, Jeets!’ to Gift Baskets|Emily Shire|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
How Gettysburg Did Not Unlock the Past|Laird Hunt|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was this wonderful, elegant man who thought the world was going to hell in a hand basket.
The Stacks: Robin Williams, More Than A Shtick Figure|Joe Morgenstern|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I heard he helped you create Thanos, and weave him into the story.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List|Marlow Stern|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Then the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Below the round thing hung a square basket, with many ropes, and other things, fast to it.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum

British Dictionary definitions for basket weave

basket weave

noun

a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric

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