hamper
noun/ˈhæmpə(r)/
/ˈhæmpər/
- a large basket with a lid (= cover), especially one used to carry food in
- a picnic hamper
Extra Examples- a picnic hamper packed with delicious food
- The lucky winner will receive a luxury hamper crammed full of local produce.
- a laundry/clothes hamper
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- (especially British English) a box or package containing food, sent as a gift
- a Christmas hamper
- (North American English) a large basket that you keep your dirty clothes in until they are washed
Word Originnoun Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.
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