basket

  • 41basket*/ — [ˈbɑːskɪt] noun [C] a container for carrying or keeping things in, made from thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together a laundry basket[/ex] a basket of food[/ex] …

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  • 42basket — {{#}}{{LM B40739}}{{〓}} {{[}}basket{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} → {{↑}}basketball{{↓}}. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [básket]. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} Por ser un extranjerismo debe escribirse con cursiva u otra diferenciación… …

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  • 43basket — n. the stomach. (See also breadbasket.) □ I got a pain in the basket. □ You’ve got a lot of something in your basket. It’s huge …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 44basket — [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’,… …

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  • 45basket — See: PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET …

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  • 46basket — See: PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET …

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  • 47basket — Receptacle Re*cep ta*cle (r[ e]*s[e^]p t[.a]*k l), n. [F. r[ e]ceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See {Receive}.] 1. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople …

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  • 48basket — 1. A basketlike arborization of the axon of cells in the cerebellar cortex, surrounding the cell body of Purkinje cells. 2. Any basketlike device or structure. [M.E., from Celtic] fibrillar baskets the scleral end of …

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  • 49Basket — A single unit of at least 15 stocks that are used in program trading. Baskets are traded on both the NYSE and the CBOE for institutions and index arbitrageurs. Both instruments allow for the composite purchase of all of the stocks in the S P 500… …

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  • 50basket — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino DEPORTES Baloncesto, deporte de equipo. TAMBIÉN básquet * * * basket (del ingl. «basketball»; más frec. en Hispam.) m. Baloncesto. ≃ Basquet, basquetbol …

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