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basket

noun

  1. a container made of interwoven cane, rushes, strips of wood, etc. and often having a handle or handles
  2. the amount that a basket will hold
  3. anything like a basket in shape or use
  4. the structure hung from a balloon to carry personnel and equipment
  5. Basketball
    1. the goal, a round, open net hanging from a metal ring attached to a raised backboard
    2. field goal
  6. Finance
    1. a selected group of goods, currencies, etc. whose value is used as an index or standard
    2. a large group of stocks in the same proportions as those of a stock index: used in program trading

See basket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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