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Synonyms for basket

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bas-kit, bah-skit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæs kɪt, ˈbɑ skɪt

Définition of basket

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Anglo-French bascat, origin obscure despite much speculation. On one theory from Latin bascauda "kettle, table-vessel," said by the Roman poet Martial to be from Celtic British and perhaps cognate with Latin fascis "bundle, faggot," in which case it probably originally meant "wicker basket." But OED frowns on this, and there is no evidence of such a word in Celtic unless later words in Irish and Welsh, counted as borrowings from English, are original.
  • noun woven container
Example sentences :
  • She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Two puppies were carried in a basket, one of which the Princess accepted as a gift.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • One of the women's headbands slipped and the basket swung sideways.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They returned home just as it was growing dark, laden with basket and portmanteau.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Who is it that has taken the fruit from the basket of your uncle the canon?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • At which words he produced the half-guinea which was found in the basket.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • The basket contained a fowl and some eggs which she had just bought at a great price.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • "We've had a real good time," he said, as he gave her the basket at the kitchen door.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • "Come in, Margaret, and put down your basket," said the colonel in a genial tone.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Tip swung his basket off his shoulder, and went into the store.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

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