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. basketball
a.
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