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basket
[ bas-kit ]
noun
- a container made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material woven together.
- a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc.
- the amount contained in a basket; a basketful:
to pick a basket of apples.
- anything like a basket in shape or use:
He never empties my wastepaper basket.
- any group of things or different things grouped as a unit; a package; package deal:
You can't buy the single stock; you have to take the basket—all companies, stocks and bonds.
- the car or gondola suspended beneath a balloon, as for carrying passengers or scientific instruments into the atmosphere.
- Basketball.
- an open net suspended from a metal rim attached to the backboard and through which the ball must pass in order for a player to score points.
- a score, counting two for a field goal and one for a free throw.
- Also called snow ring. Skiing. a ring strapped to the base of a ski pole to limit penetration of the pole in the snow.
- Slang: Vulgar. the male genitals, especially when outlined by a tight-fitting garment.
basket
/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- a container made of interwoven strips of pliable materials, such as cane, straw, thin wood, or plastic, and often carried by means of a handle or handles
- Also calledbasketful the amount a basket will hold
- something resembling such a container in appearance or function, such as the structure suspended from a balloon
- basketball
- an open horizontal metal hoop fixed to the backboard, through which a player must throw the ball to score points
- a point or points scored in this way
- a group or collection of similar of related things
a basket of currencies
- informal.
- the list of items an internet shopper chooses to buy at one time from a website
add these items to your basket
Other Word Forms
- ·· adjective
- un··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of basket1
Word History and Origins
Origin of basket1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with basket , also see put all one's eggs in one basket .Example Sentences
Packed in my picnic basket beside my chair, Banana Cake joined me while watching sunsets on some of the most beautiful, sugar white, talcum powder soft beaches in the world.
On Tuesday he didn’t make a basket until the fourth quarter and finished with nine points.
LeBron James, whom we last saw on the court grimacing after a hip flexor strain, didn’t have much burst to the basket or much touch on his shot.
They left him in the game and he immediately attacked with three consecutive drives to the basket — one turning into a three-point play — resulting in an early 12-point lead for the Clippers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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