basket

Speech parts

1. basket - Noun

2. basket - Verb

Meaning

A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

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

The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

To put into a basket.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hoop creel container cart hamper receptacle shopping cart basketball hoop basketful trug shopping basket ark hod area case
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Antonyms

tang kitty prat muff cooter pussy
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Hypernyms

goal score container containerful basketball equipment

Hyponyms

creel hamper frail breadbasket skep punnet

Phrases with the word

basket case man basket don't put all your eggs in one basket basket ball personnel basket Venus's flower basket

Examples

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. Miguel de Cervantes

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. Andrew Carnegie

Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk. Richard Koch

The rattan basket criticizes the palm leaf basket, still both are full of holes. Filipino Proverb

A pretty basket does not prevent worries. African Congo Proverb

Without stooping down for the mushroom, you cannot put it in your basket. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

baskerville hall Baskervillean Baskervillian basket ash basket ball basket case