basket
A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
Example
“A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.”
Other meanings
A bed for a cat.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
Kinds of basket
- shopping basket
Example sentences
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "baschet".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “basket” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.