noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a laundry basket
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Pete put his dirty clothes in the laundry basket.
a picnic basket/hamper (= a container in which you carry food for a picnic )
basket case
clothes basket
hanging basket
laundry basket
Moses basket
shopping basket
wastepaper basket
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hanging
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Another way to grow a carrot top is in a hanging basket .
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Some overlook the inner well of the building adorned with hanging baskets .
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If you don't have one, get a window box or hanging basket .
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When the feathery shoots appear, they will grow up around the carrot top to make a pretty hanging basket .
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Businesses and residents have done their bit with hanging baskets .
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Plant out bedding plants, hanging baskets and window boxes now.
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Tubs, urns, hanging baskets and even old butler sinks all make ideal containers for flowers and foliage.
large
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We sell dried flowers and herbs by the bunch and a large range of baskets .
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I have seen poultry and rabbits and large baskets of butter and eggs sharing seats down to Barnard Castle.
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Gabians are large wire baskets filled with rocks and linked together.
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A young porter stood in the corridor, a large laundry basket by his side.
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Aptly named Tumbler is an ideal tomato for a large basket or even a patio tub or window box.
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When discovered, her face and upper body were protected by a large woven winnowing basket .
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Colour the remaining royal icing brown and pipe with a medium writing nozzle attachment ropes between the large basket and the balloon.
little
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What a crafty little basket I was.
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She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, lying a white cloth over the top.
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They had a little basket they put over there right by the casket.
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She lowers a little basket down to me on a rope.
small
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Quickly she went into the next room, returning a moment later with a small linen basket .
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The truffles are sorted, brushed clean, weighed on Roman scales and placed in small chestnut baskets .
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Louis' head fell into a small basket placed to catch it.
■ NOUN
case
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By any measure, the delta is an environmental basket case .
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Compared to them, I was without skill, a vocational basket case .
gift
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Time to get out the tree, the ornaments, the special gift baskets and the ceramic figurines to decorate the house.
laundry
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The teenager won't put her soiled clothing in the laundry basket as requested; they don't get washed.
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But her daughter lined a huge laundry basket for the infant, and wherever she went, the basket went with her.
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She wore a swirling dress with something bright wrapped round the waist, and she carried a laundry basket .
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There were flowers on the table but no pants in the laundry basket .
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Iachimo had fallen into a laundry basket .
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A young porter stood in the corridor, a large laundry basket by his side.
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Between them and Geoffrey was the little stool Geoffrey had been sitting on while his computer sat on top of an upturned laundry basket .
picnic
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Whilst cricket was played onlookers would sit along the bank at Petts Field with picnic baskets and with gramophones playing.
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Families with children carrying picnic baskets , thermoses, baseball bats, shoulder bags.
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She brought lashings of food in a picnic basket .
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Families spread checkered cloths on the lawn and opened picnic baskets .
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I'd better collect the picnic basket .
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This is what I think of as true peasant bread and it makes a terrific loaf for the picnic basket .
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Matthew looked up from the picnic basket as though aware of her intent, serious gaze.
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He began to pack things into the picnic basket .
shopping
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Fumbling with the latch key, she rushed for the telephone, thrusting the shopping basket at Edward.
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The effects of inflation are not limited to the shopping basket , says Raoul Pinnell, Prudential's marketing director.
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We chose a shopping basket of 29 items to compare them with Tesco and Sainsbury.
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Their shopping basket was £2.43 cheaper than in Sainsbury's, and £2.46p cheaper than in Tesco's.
wastepaper
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She dropped it into her wastepaper basket .
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Getting up from rummaging in the wastepaper basket , she bumped her head, very lightly, on the sink.
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Draft after draft was relegated to the wastepaper basket .
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But the advent of the computer game generation and the recession has consigned Roy of the Rovers to football's wastepaper basket .
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Rather than leave it on the floor they perhaps put it in the wastepaper basket to deal with later.
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Doug slowly tore up the report before dropping the pieces in the wastepaper basket .
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Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket , the reports had gone up in smoke.
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Then she consigned the letter to the wastepaper basket .
wicker
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Yes B: Nude tramp carrying wicker basket 5 V: More information on the hover mower.
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Present-day medicine men use wicker baskets and reed arrows.
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Nobody asked her what was in the wicker basket she had put under the seat.
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There's a wicker basket in the middle of the table and plates and glasses and stuff on the table.
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She looked for him in the oven, the fridge, the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk.
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Louise walked ahead of him up the path carrying the pie in a wicker basket .
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The toboggan consists of a wide wicker basket with a cushioned seat, set on wooden runners.
wire
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Ivy, candles and fruit arranged in a wire basket make a sumptuous centrepiece.
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Gabians are large wire baskets filled with rocks and linked together.
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In practice, spray containers are laid in a wire basket inside a sealed container.
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He held a wire basket with a modest stack of provisions.
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He had a wire basket in his left hand, in which he had placed two tins of pineapple cubes.
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She took the loaded wire basket to the outlet, paid, filled her carrier bags, and went homewards by Underground.
■ VERB
bring
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Mrs MacNeice brought a basket of potatoes to roast in their jackets and a fine supply of tomatoes.
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This time all had brought baskets , knowing that the flowers were now at their perfection.
buy
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In Brussels, prices rose, after late buying of baskets of shares overcame profit-taking.
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They bought six hanging baskets , three bird feeders, three wind chimes, plus the chains and hooks.
carry
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Yes B: Nude tramp carrying wicker basket 5 V: More information on the hover mower.
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I bumped into porters carrying baskets on their shoulders.
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She wore a swirling dress with something bright wrapped round the waist, and she carried a laundry basket .
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They each carried two baskets , leaving the fifth behind until the weather cleared.
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She travelled partly by carriage and partly on foot, carrying her basket .
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Do let me carry that basket for you.
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In the distance she saw Fräulein, carrying a flower basket .
fill
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The company will also fill your existing baskets and containers with flowers of your choice.
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At first, they were sending up sponges every few minutes, filling wooden baskets .
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He put roses into her hair and filled her basket with strawberries and flowers.
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The big church was filled with baskets of beautiful flowers and an organ played soft music.
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A solitary fern-gatherer was filling his basket with specimens.
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Alternatively, you could fill the basket with his favourite foods or toiletries.
hang
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Most gardeners will want to grow them in hanging baskets , window boxes and tubs.
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Fern bars sprung up with hanging macrame baskets .
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In the light breeze, all of the hanging things danced, baskets and feeders and chimes.
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We have time to go get those hanging baskets you want.
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They bought six hanging baskets , three bird feeders, three wind chimes, plus the chains and hooks.
hold
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He held a wire basket with a modest stack of provisions.
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Léonie ran up the stairs to the grenier and reappeared holding a basket of plums.
pick
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Customers pick up a basket and walk around the store, selecting the goods they require.
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Her father said he had never seen a man pick a basket of apples faster.
place
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They placed the baskets in a convenient hollow by a large pine and covered them with the blanket.
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These objects add instant nostalgia when hung on your kitchen wall or placed in a basket on your counter top.
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He placed the basket on one of the shelves and closed the door.
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The truffles are sorted, brushed clean, weighed on Roman scales and placed in small chestnut baskets .
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She places the basket in the center of the floor.
put
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She put down her basket and advanced towards the bed.
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Pam puts together holiday food baskets topped with her own special home-made brownies.
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Gently, he carried him outside and put him in the basket .
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One of them put a basket of hot bread on the table.
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She put them into the basket and Chola stretched across the fire to pass her a puri.
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She put down the basket to get a look at some fish.
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Ignoring said message, I climbed on to the wall and put the trailing fuchsia basket up on high.
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You put it in the basket yourself.
shoot
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I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy.
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I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.
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Terry ran after it, and for about ten minutes he tried to show her how to shoot a basket .
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I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.
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She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.
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She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.
sink
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With eleven seconds left to play, Arizona State sinks a basket .
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She goes on to make two great passes, two assists, and then sink another three-point basket .
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Jess and Sally are cold, but Red sinks five baskets in three minutes, and Roy hits three of her shots.
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She watches as Anita Kaplan, the hulking six-foot-five senior, sinks the first basket for Stanford.
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Red goes up for one more fake, comes down fast and, triple-teamed, sinks the basket .
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No pep talk is going to be as meaningful as sinking a basket or two.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
put all your eggs in one basket
shoot hoops/baskets
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Let's go out and shoot a few hoops.
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I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.
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I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.
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I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy.
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She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.
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She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a basket full of fruit
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every basket she makes gives her permission to go for another.
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He knew he must make the return crossing, as he had advertised, blindfolded and with baskets on his feet.
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I stood on the low wall and tried to unhook the basket .
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Men kept feeling my puris and throwing them back into the baskets if they were not satisfied as to their softness.
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She also gave her a basket , to be like Red Riding Hood in the story.
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To go along, grab one of the garlic knot rolls from the bread basket .
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Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open.