clothes basketnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkləʊðz ˌbɑː.skɪt/us/ˈkloʊðz ˌbæs.kɪt/a container that you put clothes in when they need washing
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General and miscellaneous containers
- bin
- carton
- casing
- casket
- coal bunker
- coffer
- cofferdam
- hamper
- hanging basket
- hod
- holder
- inkstand
- receptacle
- resealable
- safe
- safe deposit box
- safety deposit box
- sandpail
- shaker
- wormery
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Examples from literature
- At the end of the line is a clothes basket.
- Table linen, unless taken from the line while still moist, should be sprinkled very damp, folded evenly, rolled and wrapped in a white cloth, and placed in the clothes basket, which has been previously lined with an old sheet.
- They had tied the clothes basket to the rope running over the wheel.
- They used to hide in a big clothes basket very much like that one over there.
- Wesley took the clothes basket from the back porch and started in the direction of the cellar.