skep
/skɛp/
noun
- A round basket made of straw or reeds, traditionally used as a beehive.
- She wove a small skep as a decorative piece for her garden.
- The beekeeper gently placed the swarm into a new skep.
- In the museum, we saw an old skep used for keeping bees in the 1800s.
- A basket or container of similar shape, used for carrying or storing things.
- The farmer used a large skep to collect eggs from the henhouse.
- She stored her knitting supplies in a small skep beside the armchair.
- He carried a skep full of freshly picked apples from the orchard.
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