skep

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɛp/

Noun

skep (plural skeps)

1. A basket.
2. A beehive made of straw or wicker.
   • 1977, Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command

     He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons.

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