noun Download 🔗Share A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals Examples : "a clothes hamper" utensil item thing animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper Examples : "My sister put the dirty clothes in the laundry hamper. " item utensil thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put into a hamper. Examples : "Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts." item utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. Examples : "The heavy chain on the pirate's leg was a hamper, slowing his escape across the deck. " action law police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. Examples : "The extra paperwork was a hamper to finishing my project on time. " item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle Examples : "Heavy rain can hamper our progress on the road. " action law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To impede in motion or progress. Examples : "The heavy snow hampered their progress to school this morning. " action process work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
