basket

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːskɪt/

noun

  • 1a container used to hold or carry things, typically made from interwoven strips of cane or wire: a shopping basket she dropped the letter into the waste-paper basket a laundry basket
  • a structure suspended from a hot-air balloon for carrying the crew, equipment, and ballast.
  • Finance a group or range of currencies or investments: a basket of ten currencies
  • 2 Basketball a net fixed on a hoop used as the goal.
  • a goal scored.

Derivatives

basketful

noun (plural basketfuls)

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French basket, of unknown ultimate origin