Lexic.us

Definition of Basket

1. Noun. A container that is usually woven and has handles.

2. Noun. The quantity contained in a basket.

3. Noun. Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball.

4. Noun. A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop.

Definition of Basket

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

2. v. t. To put into a basket.

Definition of Basket

1. Noun. A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. ¹

2. Noun. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop. ¹

3. Noun. In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them. ¹

4. Noun. (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. ¹

5. Noun. (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. ¹

6. Noun. The game of basketball. ¹

7. Noun. 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. ¹

8. Noun. (slang) genitals (''UK'') ¹

9. Verb. To place in a basket or in baskets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basket

1. a wooden container [n -S]

Medical Definition of Basket

1. 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . Woven of the flexile willow." 2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. 3. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. 4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. Basket fish, a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, especially. T. Ephemeraeformis. 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. Origin: Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basket

basis prostatae basis pulmonis basis pyramidis renis basis stapedis basiscopic basisolute basisphenoid basisphenoid bone basisphenoidal basisphenoids

basitemporal basivertebral basivertebral vein bask basked basket-handle arch basket-house basket-work basket ash basket case

basket cases basket cell basket fern basket fish basket flower basket hilt basket house basket oak basket rummy

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