basket
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Synonyms: basset, casket, bosket, basked, bastet, banket, busket, gasket, basnet, lasket, baskett
Antonyms: basset, casket, bosket, basked, bastet, banket, busket, gasket, basnet, lasket, baskett
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Noun
- A lightweight [[woven]] container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
- A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
- {{lb|en|internet}} In an [[online]] [[shop]], a listing of a customer's chosen [[item]]s before they are [[order]]ed.
- {{lb|en|figurative}} A set or collection of intangible things.
- {{lb|en|basketball}} A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
- {{lb|en|basketball}} The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} The game of [[basketball]].
- A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
- {{lb|en|LGBTQ|slang}} The [[penis]] and region surrounding it.<ref name="Niemoeller"/>
- {{lb|en|slang}} The bulge of the penis seen through clothing.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} In a [[stage-coach]], two outside seats facing each other.
- {{lb|en|archaic}} A protection for the hand on a sword or a [[singlestick]]; a [[guard]] of a bladed weapon.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To place in a [[#Noun|basket]] or baskets.
- {{lb|en|transitive|publishing}} To [[cross-collateralize]] the [[royalty]] [[advance]]s for multiple [[work]]s so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
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