basket
/ˈbæskɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A basket of fake fruit adorned the table."
- "The earliest Wabanaki baskets were strong and bulky; practical tools for everyday life."
- "The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference."
- "The point guard drove toward the basket."
- "The last-second basket sealed the victory."
- "Let's play some basket."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, from latin bascauda. Displaced native Old English mand. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: basket, baschet, bascauda, -, *baskis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæskɪt/
- British English: /ˈbɑːskɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law, Sports.