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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 51Թ Forms
- ·· adjective
- un··· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of basket1
51Թ 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
A video accompanying a podcast shows a gift basket for US cosmetics entrepreneur Jamie Kern Lima, which includes a card saying: "With the Compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex."
She added clothes sales were "likely to take a big hit" as the cyber-attack had occurred during a spell of warm weather when summer ranges would be "piling up in virtual baskets".
He began by attacking the basket, getting into the paint and finishing around the rim.
But the officials had to review the play, eventually deciding that the basket was good.
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.
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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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