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handbasket

DEFINITIONS OF: handbasket

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n a container that is usually woven and has handles

Synonyms:
basket
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)
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