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basket
  1. A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
  2. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
  3. In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.
  4. (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
  5. (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
  6. The game of basketball.
  7. A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the mens' shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
  8. (Britain, slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
  9. (obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
  10. (archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
    1. A singlestick with a basket hilt.
  11. (ballooning) Where the pilot and passengers are.
  12. (architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “Each basket contained forty individual packets, done up in color-coded plastic wrap.”
      “You feel like playing some basket?”
      “I saw Jalen driving to the basket.”
basketweaving
  1. The act of weaving baskets.
  2. Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
basketry
  1. The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
  2. Baskets collectively.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The Yavapai Indians have created some of the most beautiful basketry the world has ever seen, yet very little is recorded of their art.”
      “Crafts, particularly basketry, along with woven hangings and printed textiles, are developed for the urban and tourist markets.”
      “The craft day will include classes in parchment work, decoupage, crochet, copper craft and basketry.”
basketeer
  1. Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker
  2. A basketball player
basketwork
  1. Material woven in the style of a basket.
  2. The craft of making such material.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Protective coverings were made of leather, wood, shells, or basketwork, later replaced by bronze, iron, and steel.”
      “The whole basketwork shell was constructed flat, and then gradually jacked into shape over about two weeks in early February.”
      “Here, a path leads through a hay meadow to a children's glade with great womb-like basketwork swings.”
basketmaking
basketwood
  1. Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwoman
  1. (historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketweaver
basketmaker
  1. A person who weaves baskets.
  2. Examples:
    1. “For example, Dimakis said, for the first time the inn will offer a workshop with basketmaker Ray Lagasse.”
      “The team receives help from a woodsman, blacksmith and basketmaker when the farm needs emergency repairs.”
      “The Hopi trace their ancestry back to the Ancient Puebloan and Basketmaker cultures.”
basketful
  1. The amount that will fit into a basket
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If you desire it, I will present you with a basketful of roses this instant.”
      “Worst of all was a basketful of designer gear, delicate fabrics and complicated creases.”
      “But the 38-year-old house husband proved he has an eye for a bargain by claiming a basketful of prizes worth thousands of pounds.”
basketweavers
basketwomen
  1. plural of basketwoman
basketmakers
  1. plural of basketmaker
basketworks
  1. plural of basketwork
basketeers
  1. plural of basketeer
basketsful
basketfuls
basketries
baskets
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