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basket

//ˈbɑːskɪt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for basket

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
baskets

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
basket
past (v2)
basketed
past participle (v3)
basketed
present participle
basketing
3rd person singular
baskets

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

    • A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
    • The earliest Wabanaki baskets were strong and bulky; practical tools for everyday life.
  2. 2.In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.

  3. 3.A set or collection of intangible things.

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

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.To place in a basket or baskets.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3917

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Word family

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.

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