basket

  • 21basket — [[t]bɑ͟ːskɪt, bæ̱s [/t]] baskets 1) N COUNT A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together. ...big wicker picnic baskets… …

    English dictionary

  • 22basket — n. receptacle 1) to make, weave a basket 2) a laundry, linen (BE); picnic; wastepaper; wicker basket goal in basketball 3) to make, score, sink a basket 4) to shoot at the basket 5) to miss the basket * * * [ bɑːskɪt] picnic: wastepaper sink a… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23Basket — A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres, often made of willow. [http://www.bluestem.ca/willows basketry.htm] . The top is either left open or the basket may be fitted with a lid.Historical usageWood, bamboo,… …

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  • 24basket — Synonyms and related words: bag, ballocks, balls, barrel, bassinet, beard, bottle, box, box up, breadbasket, breasts, bushel, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, cervix, clitoris, clothesbasket, cod, cods, crane, crate, creel, cullions, encase,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25Basket —    There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:    1) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 26basket — bas|ket S3 [ˈba:skıt US ˈbæ ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old North French baskot, from Latin bascauda bowl for washing dishes ] 1.) a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27basket */*/ — UK [ˈbɑːskɪt] / US [ˈbæskət] noun [countable] Word forms basket : singular basket plural baskets 1) a) a container for carrying or keeping things in, made from thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, and sometimes with a handle a… …

    English dictionary

  • 28basket — /ˈbaskət / (say bahskuht) noun 1. a receptacle made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material, woven together. 2. a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc.; punnet. 3. the… …

  • 29basket — bas|ket [ bæskət ] noun count ** 1. ) a container for carrying or keeping things in, made from thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together: a picnic basket a laundry basket a ) the things in a basket, or the amount that it contains: a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30Basket — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Basket », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) basket est un mot anglais signifiant panier. Il …

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