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bas⋅ket

  [bas-kit, bah-skit]
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–noun
1. a container made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material woven together.
2. a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc.
3. the amount contained in a basket; a basketful: to pick a basket of apples.
4. anything like a basket in shape or use: He never empties my wastepaper basket.
5. any group of things or different things grouped as a unit; a package; package deal: You can't buy the single stock; you have to take the basket—all companies, stocks and bonds.
6. the car or gondola suspended beneath a balloon, as for carrying passengers or scientific instruments into the atmosphere.
7. Basketball.
a. an open net suspended from a metal rim attached to the backboard and through which the ball must pass in order for a player to score points.
b. a score, counting two for a field goal and one for a free throw.
8. Also called snow ring. Skiing. a ring strapped to the base of a ski pole to limit penetration of the pole in the snow.
9. Slang: Vulgar. the male genitals, esp. when outlined by a tight-fitting garment.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME basket(te) < early Romance *baskauta (> F dial. bâchot, bachou wooden or interwoven vessel, OHG baskiza box) < L bascauda basin, perh. < British Celtic

Related forms:
bas⋅ket⋅like, adjective
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bas·ket   (bās'kĭt)   
n.  

    1. A container made of interwoven material, such as rushes or twigs.

    2. The amount that a basket can hold.

    3. Either of the two goals normally elevated ten feet above the floor, consisting of a metal hoop from which an open-bottomed circular net is suspended.

    4. A field goal.

  2. An item resembling such a container in shape or function.

  3. A usually open gondola suspended from a hot-air balloon.

  4. A group of related things, such as financial securities or products in a specific market.

  5. Basketball

    1. Either of the two goals normally elevated ten feet above the floor, consisting of a metal hoop from which an open-bottomed circular net is suspended.

    2. A field goal.

  6. Sports A circular structure at the base of a ski pole, used to prevent the pole from sinking too deeply into the snow.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *baskauta, of Celtic origin.]
bas'ket·ful' n.
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Financial Dictionary

basket

A preassembled group of securities. Baskets allow individual investors to acquire a group of securities with a single trade while paying one commission.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Bible Dictionary

Basket

There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs peeled; their manufacture was a recognized trade among the Hebrews. (2.) That used (Heb. salsilloth') in gathering grapes (Jer. 6:9). (3.) That in which the first fruits of the harvest were presented, Heb. tene, (Deut. 26:2, 4). It was also used for household purposes. In form it tapered downwards like that called _corbis_ by the Romans. (4.) A basket (Heb. kelub) having a lid, resembling a bird-cage. It was made of leaves or rushes. The name is also applied to fruit-baskets (Amos 8:1, 2). (5.) A basket (Heb. dud) for carrying figs (Jer. 24:2), also clay to the brick-yard (R.V., Ps. 81:6), and bulky articles (2 Kings 10:7). This word is also rendered in the Authorized Version "kettle" (1 Sam. 2:14), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13), "seething-pot" (Job 41:20). In the New Testament mention is made of the basket (Gr. kophinos, small "wicker-basket") for the "fragments" in the miracle recorded Mark 6:43, and in that recorded Matt. 15:37 (Gr. spuris, large "rope-basket"); also of the basket in which Paul escaped (Acts 9:25, Gr. spuris; 2 Cor. 11: 33, Gr. sargane, "basket of plaited cords").

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

basket

In addition to the idiom beginning with basket, also see put all one's eggs in one basket.

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