Thesaurus: basket

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1. n. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
2. n. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
3. n. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
4. n. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
5. v. t. To put into a basket.
6. n. a container that is usually woven and has handles
7. n. the quantity contained in a basket
8. n. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
9. n. a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
10. 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." Dyer. 2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. 3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt. 4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. -- Basket worm (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. To put into a basket. [R.]
11. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly soused.] Gwilt.
12. n:100 n. a container that is usually woven and has handles n. the quantity contained in a basket n. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball n. a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop