Meaning of hamper | Babel Free
ˈhæm.pəDefinitions
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
- Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
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A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper). US
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A gift basket. UK
Equivalents
العربية
السّلّة
Български
преча
Català
recloure
Deutsch
aufhalten
behindern
hemmen
Hemmnis
Hemmschuh
Hindernis
Korb
sich verheddern
sich verstricken
Eesti
segama
Magyar
gátol
Italiano
bloccare
canestro
cesta
cesto
impedimento
impedire
ingabbiare
ingombro
ingombro di coperta
intralciare
ostacolare
ostacolo
ostruire
paniere
rinchiudere
sbarrare
Latina
impediō
Examples
“a hamper of wine”
“a clothes hamper”
“an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels”
“One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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