basket

BAS-kit/ˈbæskɪt/UKBAHS-kit/ˈbɑːskɪt/AUSBAHS-kuht/ˈbaːskət/

21 meanings of basket

1
nouncountable or uncountable
A light container, usually round, open at the top and narrower at the bottom.
Like a bowl made of thin straw, wider at the top than the bottom.
She filled the basket with apples from the orchard.
We wove the baskets from thin strips of wood.
Similarhamper
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nouncountable or uncountable
In basketball, the metal ring with a net that players try to throw the ball through.
Like a ring you must toss a ball through to score.
He jumped high and dropped the ball straight into the basket.
The ball bounced off the rim and missed the basket completely.
Similarhoop, net
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3
nouncountable or uncountable
On a shopping website, the list of items you have picked but not yet paid for.
Like a real shopping basket, but kept on a website until you pay.
I added three books to my basket before paying.
She emptied her basket and started shopping all over again.
Similarcart
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4
nouncountable or uncountable
A wire or plastic container shaped like a basket, used to carry things you want to buy in a store.
He grabbed a basket and headed into the grocery store.
The baskets near the entrance are for small shopping trips.
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nouncountable or uncountable
In basketball, the act of getting the ball through the hoop to score points.
Like the point you earn each time the ball drops through the hoop.
Her final basket won the game in the last second.
He scored an easy basket after a quick pass.
Similargoal, bucket
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6
nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable
A group of related things you cannot touch, thought of together as one set.
Like gathering many ideas in one place, the way fruit goes in a basket.
The teacher offered a whole basket of ideas for the project.
Voters care about a basket of issues, not just one.
Similarset, range, bundle, package, collection
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7
noununcountable
The team sport of basketball, played by shooting a ball through a raised hoop.
They play basket every Friday at the local gym.
He loves basket more than any other sport.
Similarbasketball, hoops
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8
nouncountable or uncountableabbreviation
Short for basket of goods. Used in economics to mean a fixed group of products whose prices are tracked over time.
The statistics office updates the basket each year to match what people buy.
Bread and milk are part of the basket used to measure prices.
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9
verbtransitive
To put something into a basket or baskets.
Workers basket the apples as soon as they are picked.
She baskets the eggs carefully so none of them break.
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10
nouncountable or uncountable
A soft, basket-shaped bed where a cat sleeps.
The cat curled up in its basket by the fire.
We bought a new basket for the kitten to sleep in.

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nouncountable or uncountable
In a hot-air balloon, the open container hanging below where the pilot and riders stand.
Like a big, sturdy box hanging under the balloon for people to stand in.
The pilot helped each passenger climb into the basket.
Everyone held the edge of the basket as the balloon lifted off.
Similargondola
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12
nounslangcountable or uncountable
A slang word for the visible bulge of a man's penis under tight clothes.
Like the bump a phone makes in the front of your pocket.
The tight shorts showed off his basket at the beach.
She tried not to stare at the lifeguard's basket.
Similarbulge, package
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13
nounslangcountable or uncountable
A slang word for a man's penis and the area around it.
A stray ball hit him square in the basket.
He adjusted himself, tugging his shorts away from his basket.
Similarcrotch, groin, package, junk
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14
nouncolloquialeuphemisticcountable or uncountable
A mild word used in place of 'bastard' when scolding or insulting someone.
You cheeky basket, you ate the last cookie!
Some basket cut me off in traffic this morning.
Similarbeggar, blighter, rotter
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15
nouncountable or uncountable
A line-dancing move where four dancers link arms and spin until the women's feet lift off the floor.
Like a spinning ride that lifts you off your feet as it turns faster.
We tried the basket at the end of the dance and everyone laughed.
Her partner lifted her right off the floor during the basket.
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nouncountable or uncountable
The funnel-shaped target at the end of a fuel hose that a plane connects to during mid-air refueling.
Like the cup you aim a straw into, but both are moving through the sky.
The pilot guided his probe into the basket to take on fuel.
Wind made the basket sway, so the pilot missed it twice.
Similardrogue
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17
verbtransitive
To combine the money owed for several works so the creator earns nothing until all of them do well.
Like lumping several chores together and only getting your allowance after every one is done.
Big studios often basket several films together to delay paying the writers.
They decided to basket the two books, holding back her advance until both earned out.
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18
nouncountable or uncountable
The bell-shaped core of a Corinthian column's top, around which the carved leaves are set.
Like the bucket shape hidden under the leafy top of a fancy stone column.
The carved leaves curl around the basket of the column.
Restorers cleaned the stone basket at the top of each pillar.
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19
nounarchaiccountable or uncountable
The metal guard that covers and protects the hand holding a sword.
Like a shield wrapped around your hand to keep it from getting hit.
He gripped the hilt, his knuckles safe behind the basket.
A sword blow glanced off the basket and spared her fingers.
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20
nounarchaiccountable or uncountable
A fighting stick fitted with a basket-shaped guard over the hand.
Like a wooden practice sword with a cage to guard your hand.
The fencing master handed each student a basket for practice.
Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets.
1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerHere, baskets refers to wooden practice swords with basket-shaped hand guards.
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21
nounobsoletecountable or uncountable
On an old horse-drawn coach, the two outside seats that face each other.
Like the open seats at the back of an old carriage, with no roof over you.
The cheaper fare put him in the basket, out in the cold air.
In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerHere, basket refers to the outside seats on a stagecoach, open to the weather.
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Origin

It came from Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet. Its origin before that is unclear.