basket

About 7.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.

2. noun A bed for a cat.
3. noun A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
4. noun In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
5. noun A set or collection of intangible things.
6. noun 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.

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

   The last-second basket sealed the victory.

8. noun The game of basketball.

   Let's play some basket.

Similar words

basketful handbasket hoop basketball hoop field goal hamper wastebasket pail bag basin

Often followed by

of and on with in is to was for

Word family

basketlike baskets