Dish basket for accommodating items to be washed, in particular a plurality of different items of dishware, with a bottom wall, which comprises a large number of longitudinal wires that are preferably spaced apart from one another and a large number of transverse wires that run at an angle (3.W), in particular at a perpendicular or approximately perpendicular angle (3.W), in relation to the longitudinal wires, preferably spaced apart from one another, and connect the longitudinal wires, and with a side wall, which bounds the bottom wall and protrudes upwards, in particular running perpendicularly or approximately perpendicularly, and preferably is formed of at least one front wall (6.V), a rear wall (6.H) and two external longitudinal walls (6.L, 6.R), - wherein at least one support that has an effect at least for items to be washed, in particular items of dishware embodied as hollow bodies, is embodied in a region of a plurality of, preferably all transverse wires, which faces a longitudinal wall, in particular an external longitudinal wall (6.L) and/or an internal longitudinal wall, wherein the transverse wires of this region run obliquely upwards, at least in regions, towards the centre direction of the dish basket, and - wherein the support that has an effect at least for items to be washed, in particular items of dishware embodied as hollow bodies, is an additional longitudinal wire, which is arranged, in particular welded, in a region (b) that runs at least obliquely upwards in relation to the horizontal (h) and above the respective transverse wire, and which preferably runs in parallel with the adjacent longitudinal wall (6.L), characterised in that - the additional longitudinal wire has a wire diameter (8.D) in a range of 2 to 10 mm, preferably 2.5 to 8 mm, in particular 3 to 7 mm, and - the additional longitudinal wire has a contoured longitudinal contour (8.K), at least in regions, wherein the contoured longitudinal contour (8.K) is a corrugated or polygonal longitudinal contour (8.K), in order to make slipping over the additional longitudinal wire more difficult, preferably to avoid it altogether. - wherein at least one support that has an effect at least for items to be washed, in particular items of dishware embodied as hollow bodies, is embodied in a region of a plurality of, preferably all transverse wires, which faces a longitudinal wall, in particular an external longitudinal wall (6.L) and/or an internal longitudinal wall, wherein the transverse wires of this region run obliquely upwards, at least in regions, towards the centre direction of the dish basket, and - wherein the support that has an effect at least for items to be washed, in particular items of dishware embodied as hollow bodies, is an additional longitudinal wire, which is arranged, in particular welded, in a region (b) that runs at least obliquely upwards in relation to the horizontal (h) and above the respective transverse wire, and which preferably runs in parallel with the adjacent longitudinal wall (6.L), - the additional longitudinal wire has a wire diameter (8.D) in a range of 2 to 10 mm, preferably 2.5 to 8 mm, in particular 3 to 7 mm, and - the additional longitudinal wire has a contoured longitudinal contour (8.K), at least in regions, wherein the contoured longitudinal contour (8.K) is a corrugated or polygonal longitudinal contour (8.K), in order to make slipping over the additional longitudinal wire more difficult, preferably to avoid it altogether.