Meaning

noun a container that is usually woven and has handles

noun the quantity contained in a basket

noun horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

originEtymology 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, of obscure origin. 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…

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