bas|ket

bas|ket
bas|ket «BAS kiht, BAHS-», noun, verb.
–noun.
1. a container made of twigs, grasses, fibers, strips of wood, or the like, woven together or made of plastic to imitate this: »

Mother keeps the laundry in a clothes basket.

2. the amount that a basket holds: »

We ate a basket of peaches.

3. anything that looks like or is shaped like a basket: »

This metal wastepaper basket is dented.

4. the structure beneath a balloon for carrying passengers, ballast, or material of any sort.
5. a) a ring with a net shaped like a basket, but open at the bottom, used as a goal in basketball. b) a score made in basketball by tossing the ball through this ring.
6. = basket hilt. (Cf. ↑basket hilt)
7. the ring on a ski pole that keeps it from sinking into deep snow.
8. a section of an agreement, or especially a diplomatic declaration, into which the parties to the negotiations include a variety of related proposals: »

The "basket' dealing with…economics, science, technology and the environment was the least controversial (John C. Garnett).

–transitive verb.
to put in a basket: »

to basket fruit for market.

╂[origin uncertain]
–bas´ket|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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