basket : Idioms & Phrases

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Balaam basket or box

  • (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles.
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basket ash

  • noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
    brown ash; hoop ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
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basket fern

  • noun tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
    Nephrolepis pectinata; toothed sword fern.
  • noun giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
    Drynaria rigidula.
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Basket fish

  • noun any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
    basket fish.
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  • (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton.
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basket flower

  • noun annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets
    Centaurea americana.
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Basket hilt

  • noun a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand
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  • a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand . Hudibras. Hence
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basket maker

  • noun early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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basket oak

  • noun medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
    cow oak; Quercus montana; Quercus prinus.
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basket rummy

  • noun a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
    canasta; meld.
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basket spikemoss

  • noun spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America
    Selaginella apoda; meadow spikemoss.
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basket star

  • noun any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
    basket fish.
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basket weave

  • noun a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket
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basket willow

  • noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
    purple willow; purple osier; Salix purpurea; red osier; red willow.
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Basket work

  • work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.
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Basket worm

  • (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females.
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basket-handle arch

  • noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
    three-centered arch.
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basket-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped like a basket
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Baskethilted

  • a.
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buck-basket

Buck"-bas`ket noun
Etymology
See 1st Buck.
Definitions
  1. A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.
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bushel basket

  • noun a basket large enough to hold a bushel
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Card basket

  • (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard.
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clothes basket

  • noun a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
    voider; clothes hamper; clothes basket.
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drain basket

  • noun a filter in a sink drain; traps debris but passes water
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Fire basket

  • a portable grate; a cresset. Knight.
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Hand basket

  • a small or portable basket.
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in-basket

  • noun a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material
    in-tray.
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laundry basket

  • noun a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
    voider; clothes hamper; clothes basket.
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litter basket

  • noun bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish
    litter basket; litterbin.
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litter-basket

  • noun bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish
    litter basket; litterbin.
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out-basket

  • noun a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material
    out-tray.
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sewing basket

  • noun a workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored
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shopping basket

  • noun a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping
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Venus's basket

  • (Zoöl.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped, hexactinellid sponge (Euplectella speciosa) native of the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent, siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called also Venus's flower basket, and Venus's purse.
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venus's flower basket

  • noun a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia
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waste basket

  • noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    waste-paper basket; wastebasket; circular file; waste basket.
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waste-paper basket

  • noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    waste-paper basket; wastebasket; circular file; waste basket.
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wastepaper basket

  • noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    waste-paper basket; wastebasket; circular file; waste basket.
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wicker basket

  • noun a basket made of wickerwork
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