noun1. a container made of interwoven strips of pliable materials, such as cane, straw, thin wood, or plastic, and often carried by means of a handle or handles
2. Also called: basketful the amount a basket will hold
3. something resembling such a container in appearance or function, such as the structuresuspended from a balloon
4. basketballa. an open horizontal metal hoop fixed to the backboard, through which a player must throw the ball to score points
b. a point or points scored in this way
5. a group or collection of similar or related things
a basket of currencies
6. informal a euphemism for bastard (sense 1), bastard (sense 2)
7. the list of items an internet shopper chooses to buy at one time from a website
add these items to your basket
Word origin
C13: probably from Old Northern French
baskot (unattested), from Latin
bascauda basketwork holder, of Celtic origin