clothes basket

clothes basket
noun
a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
Hypernyms: ↑hamper

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noun
: a deep open usually oval-shaped basket for carrying clothes and household linen to and from the place of laundering or drying : hamper

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clothes basket UK US noun [countable] [singular clothes basket plural clothes baskets]
a basket used for storing clothes that need to be washed or have been washed
Thesaurus: substances and equipment used for cleaning and caring for clotheshyponym

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clothes basket,
a large basket for holding or carrying clothes or household linen for washing.

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  • clothes-basket — clothesˈ basket noun A large basket for holding and carrying clothes for washing • • • Main Entry: ↑clothe …   Useful english dictionary

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  • clothes basket — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms clothes basket : singular clothes basket plural clothes baskets a basket used for storing clothes that need to be washed or have been washed …   English dictionary

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  • clothes basket — laundry basket, hamper for dirty clothes, laundry hamper to carry wet clothes after being washed to be dried …   English contemporary dictionary

  • clothes basket — especially BrE noun (C) a large basket for clothes that need to be washed, dried, or ironed (iron2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dirty clothes basket — noun → clothes basket (def. 1) …  

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