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Word entry · 6 letters

hamper

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"Hold back progress"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhæm.pə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aehmprStarts with HEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. prevent the progress or free movement of

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • a hamper of wine
  • a clothes hamper
  • an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels

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