basket
31basket — basketlike, adj. /bas kit, bah skit/, n. 1. a container 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. 3. the amount… …
32basket — 1. noun /ˈbɑːskɪt,ˈbɑːskət,bæskɪt/ a) A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. A basket of fake fruit adorned the table. b) A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for… …
33basket — noun (C) 1 a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to carry things or put things in: a shopping basket | clothes/laundry basket (=for putting dirty clothes in) 2 a net with a hole at the bottom hung from a… …
34basket — / bɑ:skɪt/ noun 1. a container made of thin pieces of wood, metal, plastic, etc. ● a basket of apples 2. US a group of prices or currencies taken as a standard ● the price of the average shopping basket ● The pound has fallen against a basket of… …
35basket — bas•ket [[t]ˈbæs kɪt, ˈbɑ skɪt[/t]] n. 1) a container made of twigs, rushes, or other flexible material woven together 2) a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc 3) the amount contained in a basket; a… …
36basket — n. 1 a container made of interwoven cane etc. 2 a container resembling this. 3 the amount held by a basket. 4 the goal in basketball, or a goal scored. 5 Econ. a group or range (of currencies). 6 euphem. colloq. bastard. Phrases and idioms:… …
37basket — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French; akin to Old French baschoue wooden vessel; both from Latin bascauda kind of basin, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish basc necklace more at fascia Date: 14th century 1. a. a receptacle made… …
38basket — is., sp., İng. basket 1) Basketbolda kazanılan sayı 2) Basketbol Atasözü, Deyim ve Birleşik Fiiller basket yapmak …
39basket — [13] Basket is something of a mystery word. It turns up in the 13th century in Old French and Anglo Norman as basket and in Anglo Latin as baskettum, but how it got there is far from clear. Some have suggested that Latin bascauda ‘washing tub’,… …
40basket — 1. a term of vulgar abuse It sounds like the taboo bastard. Used only between males figuratively and often jocularly. In obsolete British use, the punning basket making was extramarital copulation by a male. 2. the male genitalia seen …
