noun
1 container
ADJECTIVE
▪ bamboo , plastic , straw , wicker , wire , woven , etc.
▪ laundry , sewing
▪ bread , food , fruit , shopping
▪ waste ( AmE ), waste-paper ( BrE )
▪
She threw the letter into the waste ~.
▪
I decided to empty the waste-paper ~.
▪ cat , dog
▪ bicycle
▪
She was cycling along with her bicycle ~ full of groceries.
▪ picnic
▪ flower , hanging
▪
hanging ~s full of summer flowers
VERB + BASKET
▪ make , weave
▪ fill , load (sth into) , pack (sth into) , put sth in
▪ take sth from , take sth out of , unpack
▪ carry , heave , pick up
▪
She heaved the huge ~ onto the table.
▪ swing
▪ put down , set down
BASKET + VERB
▪ be filled with sth , be full of sth , contain sth
▪
a ~ filled with delicious fruit
PHRASES
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
▪
The cat lay curled in its ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of flowers/fruit
2 in basketball
VERB + BASKET
▪ shoot
▪ make , score , sink