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Basket Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Basket? [n] a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop [n] a container that is usually woven and has handles [n] horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball [n] the quantity contained in a basket Synonyms \| Synonyms for Basket: basketball hoop \| basketful \| field goal \| handbasket \| hoop Related Terms \| Find terms related to Basket: bag \| ballocks \| balls \| barrel \| bassinet \| beard \| bottle \| box \| box up \| breadbasket \| breasts \| bushel \| can \| capsule \| carton \| case \| cask \| cervix \| clitoris \| clothesbasket \| cod \| cods \| crane \| crate \| creel \| cullions \| encase \| encyst \| family jewels \| female organs \| frail \| fruit basket \| genitalia \| genitals \| gonads \| hamper \| jar \| labia \| labia majora \| labia minora \| lingam \| lips \| male organs \| meat \| nuts \| nymphae \| ovary \| pack \| package \| pannier \| parcel \| penis \| phallus \| picnic basket \| pot \| private parts \| privates \| privy parts \| pubic hair \| pudenda \| punnet \| reed basket \| reproductive organs \| rocks \| rush basket \| sack \| scrotum \| secondary sex characteristic \| sewing basket \| sex organs \| spermary \| tank \| testes \| testicles \| tin \| trug \| uterus \| vagina \| vulva \| wastebasket \| wastepaper basket \| wicker basket \| wire basket \| womb \| wooden basket \| yoni See Also \| breadbasket \| bushel \| bushel basket \| container \| containerful \| creel \| frail \| goal \| hamper \| punnet \| score \| shopping basket \| skep \| wicker basket Basket In Webster's Dictionary \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. ``Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.'' --Dyer. 2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. 3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] --Gwilt. 4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith. {Basket fish} (Zo["o]l.), an ophiuran of the genus {Astrophyton}, having the arms much branched. See {Astrophyton}. {Basket hilt}, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence, {Baskethilted}, a. {Basket work}, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. {Basket worm} (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus {Thyridopteryx} and allied genera, esp. {T. ephemer[ae]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. \Bas"ket\, v. t. To put into a basket. [R.]

Basket Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Basket?

[n] a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
[n] a container that is usually woven and has handles
[n] horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
[n] the quantity contained in a basket

Basket In Webster's Dictionary

\Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words
seem to be from the English.]
1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
   splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. ``Rude
   baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.'' --Dyer.

2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;
   as, a basket of peaches.

3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
   [Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.

4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a
   stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.

{Basket fish} (Zo["o]l.), an ophiuran of the genus
   {Astrophyton}, having the arms much branched. See
   {Astrophyton}.

{Basket hilt}, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork
   to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence,

{Baskethilted}, a.

{Basket work}, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.

{Basket worm} (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus
   {Thyridopteryx} and allied genera, esp. {T.
   ephemer[ae]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a
   bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it
   afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult
   females.


\Bas"ket\, v. t.
To put into a basket. [R.]

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