weaver

n. a person who makes cloth or rugs by crossing threads over and under each other on a machine called a loom.

n. a person who weaves fabric, especially one who practices the craft professionally or as a skilled artisan.

“The weaver spent weeks at the loom creating a beautiful wool rug.”

“Traditional weavers in the village still use hand-operated looms to produce intricate patterns that modern machines cannot easily replicate.”

n. a small bird from Africa or Asia that builds very complicated nests by weaving grass together.

n. any of various small passerine birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborate, intricately woven nests.

“We watched the weaver bird use its beak to tie grass into a nest.”

“The social weaver is famous for constructing massive communal nests that can house hundreds of individual birds across multiple generations.”

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n. a spider that makes a specific kind of web, like a flat sheet or a funnel.

n. any of several spider species named for the characteristic structure of their webs, such as the sheet weaver or orb weaver.

“The garden was full of webs made by orb weavers after the rain.”

“The funnel weaver wait at the back of its silk tube for the vibrations of an insect hitting the sheet-like part of the web.”

Technical

n. a long, flexible piece of wood or grass used to go across the main frame of a basket.

n. a horizontal strand of flexible material used to interlace with the vertical spokes in basketry.

“She soaked the willow weaver in water to make it easier to bend.”

“The artisan carefully guided the weaver over and under the upright stakes to ensure the basket walls remained tight and uniform.”

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