basket

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: basket

1	n	a container that is usually woven and has handles
2	n	horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: basket

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a basket for serving bread; bushel basket
a basket large enough to hold a bushel; creel
a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish; frail
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs); hamper
a basket usually with a cover; punnet
a small light basket used as a measure for fruits; shopping basket
a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping; skep
a large round wicker basket (used on farms); wicker basket
a basket made of wickerwork; clothes basket, clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider
a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried; food hamper
a hamper for packing and transporting food; pannier
a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person

Type of:: container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Type of:: basketball equipment
sports equipment used in playing basketball; goal
game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

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