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   basket

   /ˈbɑːskɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a container used to hold or carry things, typically made from interwoven strips of cane or wire: "a shopping basket"
   • ▪ a facility on a website that records items selected by a customer for purchase until the transaction is completed: "click on the order button to add a title to your basket"
   • ▪ a structure suspended from a hot-air balloon for carrying the crew, equipment, and ballast.
   • ▪ a group or range of currencies or investments: "a basket of ten currencies"
   • 2. a net fixed on a hoop used as the goal.
   • ▪ a goal scored.
   • 3. euphemism for bastard informal British

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. basketful noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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