Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
basket
Universal Words
noun
1 a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of thin strips of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wood, or wire:
a shopping basket * a picnic basket * a clothes / laundry basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed) * a wicker / wire basket * a cat / dog basket (= in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around)
seealsoWASTE-PAPERBASKET
2 the amount contained in a basket:
a basket of fruit
3 the net and the metal ring it hangs from, high up at each end of a basketball court; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net:
to make / shoot a basket
4 (economics) a number of different goods or CURRENCIES:
the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies
IDIOMS see EGGn.
