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basket

/ˈbæskɪt/noun2 syllables

Basket means: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball.

Synonyms for basket11

noun, as in horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

basketball hoop, hoop

noun, as in a container that is usually woven and has handles

handbasket

noun, as in the quantity contained in a basket

basketful

noun, as in a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

field goal

also used for basket

cart, shopping basket, shopping cart, basketball, hoops, penile crotch bulge

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What does basket mean?4

noun

1

horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

2

a container that is usually woven and has handles

3

the quantity contained in a basket

4

a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with basket?3

two syllables

mascotcasketgasket
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Basket in a sentence

  • The customers arrive, each carrying a net or basket.AlanF_US
  • There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.mervert1
  • Here, throw up in this waste-paper basket.Eccles17
  • He collected the figs and threw them in the basket, ready to leave.Mithridates
  • There are bananas, apples, pears and oranges in the fruit basket.sundown
  • In the basket, there are a few apples.rul
  • I want a basket in which to carry these apples.BraveSentry
  • Put all your waste paper in this basket.CK

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Forms of basket

as a noun

plural
baskets