basket
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
basket/ˈbɑːskɪt/
▶noun
- 1 a container used to hold or carry things, made from interwoven strips of cane or wire.
- 2 Basketball a net fixed on a hoop used as the goal.
■ a goal scored.
- 3 Finance a group or range of currencies or investments.
– derivatives
basketful noun (pl. basketfuls).
basketful noun (pl. basketfuls).
– origin ME: from OFr. basket, of unknown origin.
'basket' also found in these Oxford entries:
air ball
- backboard
- balloon
- basket case
- Basket Maker
- basketry
- basketwork
- calathea
- canasta
- canister
- coffer
- coffin
- coop
- corbicula
- corf
- creel
- cubby
- desk
- dillybag
- dunk
- fisc
- full-court press
- gabion
- hamper
- hod
- inro
- junket
- key
- kiekie
- kit
- korfball
- linen basket
- lobster pot
- maund
- Moses basket
- paint
- pannier
- pelota
- perimeter
- phormium
- pollen basket
- post
- punnet
- rebound
- seed-lip
- set shot
- shopper
- skep
- slam dunk
