- a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of long thin pieces of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wire or wicker.
- a shopping basket
- a picnic basket
- a clothes/laundry basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)
- a wicker/wire basket
- a cat/dog basket (= in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around)
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2- She heaved the huge basket onto the table.
- She was cycling along with her bicycle basket full of groceries.
- The cat lay curled in its basket.
- On the table was a basket filled with delicious fruit.
- There were hanging baskets full of summer flowers.
- She found a basket of fruit waiting for her in the hotel room.
- The logs were in a wicker basket next to the fireplace.
- We packed a picnic basket and set off for the beach.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bamboo
- plastic
- straw
- …
- make
- weave
- fill
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the basket
- into a/the basket
- basket of
- …
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- the amount contained in a basket
- a basket of fruit
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bamboo
- plastic
- straw
- …
- make
- weave
- fill
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the basket
- into a/the basket
- basket of
- …
- (also cart, shopping cart both especially North American English)a facility on a website that records the items that you select to buy
- Click to drop items into your shopping basket.
- 82 per cent of shoppers have abandoned an online shopping basket in the last year.
- the net and the metal ring it hangs from, high up at each end of a basketball court; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net
- to make/shoot a basket
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + basket- shoot
- make
- score
- …
- (economics) a number of different goods or currencies
- the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French basket, of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
See basket in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryput all your eggs in one basket
- to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities
- I’ve applied for several jobs. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.
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