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/ˈbɑːskɪt/ · noun
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom..
A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
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.
In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage
Use basket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Basket means A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom..
Common synonyms include cart, shopping basket, shopping cart, basketball.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
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