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bas·ket (bas′kit, bäs′-)
noun
- a container made of interwoven cane, rushes, strips of wood, etc. and often having a handle or handles
- the amount that a basket will hold
- anything like a basket in shape or use
- the structure hung from a balloon to carry personnel and equipment
- ☆ Basketball
- the goal, a round, open net hanging from a metal ring attached to a raised backboard
- field goal
- Finance
- a selected group of goods, currencies, etc. whose value is used as an index or standard
- a large group of stocks in the same proportions as those of a stock index: used in program trading
Etymology: ME < ?
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
basket
n.
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Converse of object
- hang: Then why not plant up some hanging baskets or troughs.
Adjective modifier
- wood-burner: At Cost Logs for wood-burner â first basket free thereafter purchase locally.
Modifies a noun
- waterer: Items include slitters, aerators, dethatchers, rollers, brushes, trailers, etc. Additions include hanging basket waterers and people carriers.
Noun used with modifier
- wicker: Nearly everyone I know has a pack scattered in a small wicker basket ready to be dipped into during times of need.
Preposition: of
- log: In the center there was a high, square basket of burning logs.
Preposition: with
- lining: A beautiful baby gift basket, stylishly presented in a high quality wicker basket with cream cloth lining.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
All the egg heads are in one basket.
I love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket.
Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until theysetthebasket umbilicus-high and returnthegiraffes to the zoo.
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