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 bas·ket /ˈbæskɪt, ||ˈbɑs-/
 籃子,筐子,簍子,得分

 Bas·ket n.
 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.  “Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.”
 2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
 3. Arch. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.]
 4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.]
 Basket fish Zool., an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton.
 Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence, Basket-hilted, a.
 Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.
 Basket worm Zool., a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. Thyridopteryx 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.
 collection basket, a small basket1 mounted on the end of a pole, used in churches to collect donations from those attending a church service; -- the long pole allows the collector to hold the basket in front of those at the end of the pew, while the collector remains in the aisle. waste basket, a basket4 used to hold waste matter, such as discarded paper, commonly shaped like a truncated cone, with the wide end open and at the top.  Vessels of other shapes, such as oblong containers, are also called waste baskets.

 Bas·ket, v. t. To put into a basket. [R.]
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 basket
      n 1: a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: handbasket]
      2: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: basketful]
      3: horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to
         throw the basketball [syn: basketball hoop, hoop]
      4: a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the
         hoop [syn: field goal]

 Basket
    There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the
    Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier)
    for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31;
    Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs peeled;
    their manufacture was a recognized trade among the Hebrews.
      (2.) That used (Heb. salsilloth') in gathering grapes (Jer.
    6:9).
      (3.) That in which the first fruits of the harvest were
    presented, Heb. tene, (Deut. 26:2, 4). It was also used for
    household purposes. In form it tapered downwards like that
    called _corbis_ by the Romans.
      (4.) A basket (Heb. kelub) having a lid, resembling a
    bird-cage. It was made of leaves or rushes. The name is also
    applied to fruit-baskets (Amos 8:1, 2).
      (5.) A basket (Heb. dud) for carrying figs (Jer. 24:2), also
    clay to the brick-yard (R.V., Ps. 81:6), and bulky articles (2
    Kings 10:7). This word is also rendered in the Authorized
    Version "kettle" (1 Sam. 2:14), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13),
    "seething-pot" (Job 41:20).
      In the New Testament mention is made of the basket (Gr.
    kophinos, small "wicker-basket") for the "fragments" in the
    miracle recorded Mark 6:43, and in that recorded Matt. 15:37
    (Gr. spuris, large "rope-basket"); also of the basket in which
    Paul escaped (Acts 9:25, Gr. spuris; 2 Cor. 11: 33, Gr. sargane,
    "basket of plaited cords").