Definitions for basket

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basket bas·ket

Spelling: [bas-kit, bah-skit]

IPA: /ˈbæs kɪt, ˈbɑ skɪt/

Basket is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in basket (abekst).

Definitions for basket

noun

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 contained in a basket; a basketful:
4. anything like a basket in shape or use:
5. any group of things or different things grouped as a unit; a package; package deal:
6. the car or gondola suspended beneath a balloon, as for carrying passengers or scientific instruments into the atmosphere.
7. Basketball. an open net suspended from a metal rim attached to the backboard and through which the ball must pass in order for a player to score points. a score, counting two for a field goal and one for a free throw.
8. Also called snow ring. Skiing. a ring strapped to the base of a ski pole to limit penetration of the pole in the snow.
9. Slang: Vulgar. the male genitals, especially when outlined by a tight-fitting garment.

Origin of basket

1250-1300; Middle English basket(te) early Romance *baskauta (> French dialect bâchot, bachou wooden or interwoven vessel, Old High German baskiza box) Latin bascauda basin, perhaps Britis

Examples for basket

Who is it that has taken the fruit from the basket of your uncle the canon?

They returned home just as it was growing dark, laden with basket and portmanteau.

I think just by having size you can play better defense around the basket.

She quickly moves down each aisle, filling her basket with produce.

She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.

But his greatest gifts remain in the classic pivot—close in with his back to the basket.

One of the women's headbands slipped and the basket swung sideways.

Two puppies were carried in a basket, one of which the Princess accepted as a gift.

If not for the writing and singing of songs, she might very well be a basket case.

He was duped into silly offensive fouls when smaller men moved in behind him as he powered toward the basket.