a rigid receptacle for carrying e.g. shopping or produce made of interwoven strips of wicker or wood, or of plastic or wire mesh
a rigid or semirigid receptacle made of interwoven material, traditionally wicker or rattan
any of various lightweight usu wood containers
the contents of a basket
something that resembles a basket, esp in shape or use
a net, open at the bottom and suspended from a metal ring, that constitutes the goal in basketball
a goal scored in basketball
a collection or group
a basket of world currencies
Brit, euphem = bastard1 (2)
basketful (pl basketfuls) noun
[Middle English, prob ultimately from Latin bascauda, of Celtic origin]