basket

basket
bas|ket
S3 [ˈba:skıt US ˈbæ-] n
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old North French baskot, from Latin bascauda 'bowl for washing dishes']
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
a basket full of vegetables
a picnic basket
clothes/laundry basket
(=for dirty clothes)
2.) a net with a hole at the bottom attached to a metal ring, through which the ball is thrown in ↑basketball
make/shoot a basket
(=to throw the ball through the basket)
3.) technical the average or total value of a number of different goods or currencies
put all your eggs in one basket ategg1 (6), ↑wastepaper basket

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