wicket

1. 1.

   cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

   Broadercricket equipment
2. 2.

   a small arch used as croquet equipment

   Synonymshoop

   Broadercroquet equipment
3. 3.

   small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

   Synonymswicket doorwicket gate

   Broadergate
4. 4.

   small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

   Synonymslatticegrille

   Broaderopening

   Partsstump

Other forms of wicket

plural

wickets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wicket

What does wicket mean?

wicket means "cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wicket?

wicket has 2 syllables: wic-ket. The stress falls on "wic". In IPA it is /ˈwɪkət/.

What is another word for wicket?

Close synonyms include hoop, wicket door, wicket gate, lattice, grille. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wicket a common word?

wicket is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.