Basket - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the quantity contained in a basket (syn: basketful)
- horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball (syn: hoop)
- a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
Extra examples
They brought their lunch in a picnic basket.
His shot missed the basket completely.
Local government needs a basket of taxes at its disposal.
She scored a clutch basket.
The basket's function dictates its size and shape.
He wrapped the gift basket in cellophane.
...kittens cuddling in a basket...
There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
...he shaped the basket out of limber branches that could bend easily around a frame...
...perched the baby in a basket...
I retrieved my paper from the waste paper basket.
I set the basket against the door.
She wove a basket for us.
Mother would whop me if I came back without the basket.
He balled up the letter and threw it into the wastepaper basket.
Word forms
singular: basket
plural: baskets
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