basket

/ˈbɑːs.kɪt/

noun 5verb 2

Collocations

(noun.) container

ADJ

cane, straw, wicker/wickerwork, wire, woven | laundry, sewing | bread, food, fruit, shopping | waste/waste-paper | cat, dog

bicycle

The farmer carried fresh vegetables in a large wicker basket on his bicycle.

picnic

flower, hanging

She decorated her porch with a beautiful hanging basket of colorful petunias.

VERB + BASKET

make, weave | fill, load (sth into), pack (sth into), put sth in | take sth from/out of, unpack

carry, heave, pick up

He picked up the shopping basket and walked toward the checkout counter.

swing | put down, set down

BASKET + VERB

be filled with sth, be full of sth, contain sth

The picnic basket contained fresh bread, cheese, and cold chicken for our lunch.

PHRASES

in/into a/the ~

The children put all their dirty clothes into the laundry basket every evening.

~ of

The vendor at the market was selling a basket of fresh vegetables.

(noun.) in basketball

VERB + BASKET

shoot | make, score, sink

Definitions

noun

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.

In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.

A set or collection of intangible things.

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.

verb

To place in a basket or baskets.

To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.

Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause.

It may very well be that such "basketing" of hardcover, paperback, movie, and other rights within the divisions of […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a container that is usually woven and has handles

handbasket

noun — horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through whic

hoop

noun — the quantity contained in a basket

basketful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

put all one's eggs in one basket

To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.

don't put all your eggs in one basket

Do not dedicate all your resources to one project.

basket house

A cafe or similar establishment where musical performances are given and the performers are then paid with money placed in a basket by members of the audience.

Like a union is what some bearded beatniks and long-tressed girls are trying to form at Greenwich Village "Basket Houses." "Basket Houses" are coffee houses where they pass the bas

Example Bank

A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.

Wiktionary

The point guard drove toward the basket.

Wiktionary

Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause.

Wiktionary

It may very well be that such "basketing" of hardcover, paperback, movie, and other rights within the divisions of […]

Wiktionary

Mary set the basket on the table.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, basket is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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