Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
basket
basket UK [ˈbɑː.skɪt] US [ˈbæs.kɪt] noun countable [ baskets ]
CONTAINER
1. <E > a light container, often with a handle, which is made of thin strips of wood, metal or plastic woven together and is used for carrying or storing things • a shopping/picnic basket • a wicker basket • a laundry/clothes basket Thesaurus+: ↑General and miscellaneous containers 2. the contents of a basket • We picked lots of strawberries, but we'd eaten half the basket by the time we got home. Thesaurus+: ↑General and miscellaneous containers
• The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket. • It takes great skill to weave a basket from/out of rushes. • A flower arrangement in a large basket stood on a (flower) pedestal in the corner of the room. • They sell dried flowers and baskets and that type of thing. • Most of the letters they receive end up in the wastepaper basket.
INTERNET 3. a place on a website where you collect things you plan to buy from the site • There are 4 items in your basket. Thesaurus+: ↑Internet terminology and abbreviations
BASKETBALL 4. In the game of basketball, a basket is an open net hanging from a metal ring through which the players try to throw the ball to score points for their team, or the successful throwing of the ball through the ring. Thesaurus+: ↑Basketball, netball and volleyball↑General terms used in ball sports
