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 (B) 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 (B) run obliquely upwards, at least in regions, towards the centre direction (M) 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 (B) 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 (B) run obliquely upwards, at least in regions, towards the centre direction (M) 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. <EOS>