Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterbasket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-bas-ket
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A basket that is woven tightly enough for carrying liquids, especially water.

Example Sentences

"There was a — what is it called — a big waterbasket lying there. His mother had practically filled it with what she was gathering and was ready to go home."
"That is where the Squaw Dance started; and that is where the hand-bundle (drumstick) for beating the waterbasket originated."
"Horda pulverized a small amount of mugwort and willow bark and set it in a waterbasket to brew into strong tea."
"Apt decided her visitor's arrival would be a while yet, so went back to her cottage to fetch some sweet-root scones and a woven birch waterbasket of herbal tea."
"For the first time he smokes, and for a wonder he creates a house "with smoke coming out of it—that is, a real domestic house, manmade as it were, out of which steps a beautiful woman, already carrying a waterbasket."

Etymology

From water + basket.

Inflected Forms

waterbaskets (plural) water basket (alternative) water-basket (alternative)

Questions

What does waterbasket mean?: A basket that is woven tightly enough for carrying liquids, especially water.
Where does waterbasket come from?: From water + basket.

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