basket

(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
1. the goal, a round, open net hanging from a metal ring attached to a raised backboard
2. field goal
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

Origin: ME < ?

See basket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A container made of interwoven material, such as rushes or twigs.
b. The amount that a basket can hold.
An item resembling such a container in shape or function.
A usually open gondola suspended from a hot-air balloon.
A group of related things, such as financial securities or products in a specific market.
Basketball
a. Either of the two goals normally elevated ten feet above the floor, consisting of a metal hoop from which an open-bottomed circular net is suspended.
b. A field goal.
Sports A circular structure at the base of a ski pole, used to prevent the pole from sinking too deeply into the snow.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *baskauta

Origin: , of Celtic origin

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