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basket

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: basket

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n
a container that is usually woven and has handles
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n
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: basket
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n a container that is usually woven and has handles

Synonyms:
handbasket
Types:
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breadbasket
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)

n the quantity contained in a basket

Synonyms:
basketful
Type of:
containerful
the quantity that a container will hold
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n horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Synonyms:
basketball hoop, hoop
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

n a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Synonyms:
field goal
Type of:
score
the act of scoring in a game or sport
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