Word: basket Part of Speech: noun 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. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːskɪt/, /ˈbaskɪt/, /ˈbaskɛt/, /ˈbæskɪt/, /ˈbæskət/ 1. A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A basket of fake fruit adorned the table. Example: The earliest Wabanaki baskets were strong and bulky; practical tools for everyday life. 2. A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable 5. A set or collection of intangible things. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference. 6. A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The point guard drove toward the basket. 7. The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The last-second basket sealed the victory. 8. The game of basketball. Labels: uncountable Example: Let's play some basket. 9. A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The penis and region surrounding it. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 11. The bulge of the penis seen through clothing. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 12. In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket. 13. A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 14. A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets. 15. A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth. 17. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage 18. Bastard. Labels: countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable Example: Wait till I catch you, you little basket! 19. A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don't smoosh the basket. 20. Short for basket of goods Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable