hamper

Significado (Inglés)

1. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
2. A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
3. A gift basket.

hinder

impede

interfere with

stand in the way of

wicker basket

Hinder

bamboo basket

elevator car

large basket

hand basket

wide-mouth

impeed

do harm

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhæm.pə/

From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.