n.1 a container made of interwoven cane etc.
2 a container resembling this.
3 the amount held by a basket.
4 the goal in basketball, or a goal scored.
5 Econ. a group or range (of currencies).
6 euphem. colloq. bastard.
Phrases and idioms:
basket weave a weave resembling that of a basket.
Derivatives:
basketful n. (pl. -fuls).
Etymology: AF & OF basket, AL baskettum, of unkn. orig.