basket

basket
bas‧ket S3 /ˈbɑːskət, ˈbɑːskɪt $ ˈbæ-/ noun [countable]
1. a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to carry things or put things in:
    a shopping basket
    a basket full of vegetables
    clothes/laundry basket (=for dirty clothes)
2. a net with a hole at the bottom, attached to a metal ring, through which the ball is thrown in basketball
    make/shoot a basket (=to throw the ball through the basket)
3. technical the average or total value of a number of different goods or CURRENCIES
⇨ put all your eggs in one basket at egg¹(6), ⇨ wastepaper basket
     

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(for Meaning )

■ types of basket
   ▪ a wastepaper/waste basket (=for paper you throw away) He threw her letter in the wastepaper basket.
   ▪ a laundry/clothes basket (=for dirty clothes) Will you please put your socks in the laundry basket?
   ▪ a shopping basket She paid for the apples and put them in her shopping basket.
   ▪ a picnic basket We took a picnic basket and a rug.
   ▪ a bread basket (=for serving bread) There was a bread basket on the table.
   ▪ a fruit basket (=containing fruits) He had a fruit basket sent up to her hotel room.
   ▪ a hanging basket (=for putting plants in and hanging outside) All the shops had hanging baskets outside their doors.
   ▪ a wicker basket (=made from the hard stems of a plant) She stores her vegetables in pretty wicker baskets.