basket has definitions from the fields of sport,basketball,games
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[ noun ] a container that is usually woven and has handles

Synonyms

handbasket

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Looking down the street after her , Adam saw that she had again stopped and again removed one hand from the basket .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

`` Winston '' , she said , `` get the basket for the breakables '' .

Winston had the big straw basket ready in the hall .

Winston laid it in the basket .

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[ noun ] the quantity contained in a basket

Synonyms

basketful

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

The one sure way to tell victim and villain apart is to examine the hind_legs which in the case of the idler , Psithyrus , lack the pollen baskets - naturally !

It lacks pollen baskets and possesses only a large_number of long , branched hairs on its legs , on which the pollen grains will collect .

Related terms

containerful

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26833
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[ noun ] (basketball,games) horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Related terms

goal basketball_equipment

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[ noun ] (sport,basketball) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Synonyms

field_goal

Related terms

score

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