Basket Definition
băskĭt
baskets
noun
baskets
A container made of interwoven material, such as rushes or twigs.
American Heritage
A container made of interwoven cane, rushes, strips of wood, etc. and often having a handle or handles.
Webster's New World
The amount that a basket can hold.
American Heritage
The amount that a basket will hold.
Webster's New World
An item resembling such a container in shape or function.
American Heritage
verb
To place in a basket or in baskets.
Wiktionary
Origin of Basket
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From Anglo-Norman bascat, from Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”) from Gaulish word of unknown earlier origin, possibly connected with fascis.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin baskauta of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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