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basket weave

noun

Definition of BASKET WEAVE

:  a textile weave resembling the checkered pattern of a plaited basket; also :  something resembling this weave
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First Known Use of BASKET WEAVE

1897

Rhymes with BASKET WEAVE

apperceive, by-your-leave, disbelieve, family leave, flutter sleeve, interleave, interweave, make-believe, misbelieve, on one's sleeve, preconceive, raglan sleeve, satin weave, semibreve, Tel Aviv, undeceive, up one's sleeve

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