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basket

noun
/ˈbɑːskɪt/UK/ˈbaskɪt//ˈbæskɪt/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, of obscure origin. Displaced native Old English mand. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”).

  1. derived from *baskis✻
  2. derived from bascauda
  3. derived from baschet
  4. inherited from basket

Definitions

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

    • A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.

  2. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for…

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

  3. In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.

  4. ›+ 17 more definitions

    1. A set or collection of intangible things.

      • The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference.

    2. A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the…

      A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

      • The point guard drove toward the basket.

    3. The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.

      • The last-second basket sealed the victory.

    4. The game of basketball.

      • Let's play some basket.

    5. A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower…

      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 men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.

    6. The penis and region surrounding it.

    7. The bulge of the penis seen through clothing.

    8. In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.

      • In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.

    9. A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick

      A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.

    10. A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from…

      A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow.

    11. The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and…

      The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.

    12. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

      • Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage

    13. Bastard.

      • Wait till I catch you, you little basket!

    14. A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method

      • Don't smoosh the basket.

    15. Short for basket of goods

    16. To place in a basket or baskets.

    17. To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not…

      To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.

      • Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause.
      • It may very well be that such "basketing" of hardcover, paperback, movie, and other rights within the divisions of […]

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Derived

all one's eggs in one basket, alum-basket, Balaam basket, bascart, basketane, basketball, basket bush, basket case, basket cell, basket chair, basket clam, basket dance, basket days, basket dinner, basketeer, basket fern, basketflower, basket forceps, basketful, basketgrass, basket hilt, basket hold, basket house, basket-house, basketless, basketlike, basketmaker, Basket Maker, basketmaking, basket of currencies, basket-of-gold, basket of goods, basket plant, basket rush, basketry, basket star, basket toss, basket trade, basketware, basketweave · +70 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA