Meaning of Basket | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
   countable, uncountable
2. A bed for a cat.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
3. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
   countable, uncountable
4. In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
   Internet, countable, uncountable
5. A set or collection of intangible things.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
6. A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
   countable, uncountable
7. The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
   countable, uncountable
8. The game of basketball.
   uncountable
9. A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
   countable, uncountable
10. The penis and region surrounding it.
    countable, slang, uncountable
11. The bulge of the penis seen through clothing.
    countable, slang, uncountable
12. In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
14. A singlestick with a basket hilt.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
15. A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow.
    countable, uncountable
16. The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
    countable, uncountable
17. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
    countable, uncountable
18. Bastard.
    countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable
19. A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
    countable, uncountable
20. Short for basket of goods
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.”

“The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference.”

“The point guard drove toward the basket.”

“The last-second basket sealed the victory.”

“Let's play some basket.”

“In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.”

“Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets.”

“Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.”

“Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage”

“Wait till I catch you, you little basket!”

“Don't smoosh the basket.”

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