Basket

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• bäs'kət, /ˈbɑːskət/, /"bA:sk@t/

Noun

basket (baskets )

1. A lightweight countainer, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

   James Naismith nailed two peach baskets on opposite ends of the gymnasium.

2. A shopping cart.
3. In an (online shop), a notional place to store items before ordering them
4. (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the contestants try to throw the ball.

   The point guard drove toward the basket.

5. (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket.

   The last-second basket sealed the victory.

6. (slang) the bulge created by a man's sex organs, as viewable through clothing. Cf. codpiece.

   "Hey, nice basket!"

Related terms

• basket case

Translations

• Arabic: سلة
• Basque: saski , otzara , otarre
• Breton: paner f -où, kest f -où
• Chinese Characters: 篮, 籃
• Chinese: 取回购物 (simplified)
• Danish: kurv
• Dutch: mand , korf , boodschappenmand (specifically for shopping), winkelwagen (onlineshop), korf, basket (4), gescoorde korf (5)
• Finnish: kori , ostoskori
• French: panier m
• Frisian: koer , boadskipkoer (specifically for shopping)
• German: Korb m, Warenkorb m
• Greek: (mbasketa)
• Indonesian: keranjang
• Interlingua: corbe , paniero
• Japanese: 籠 (かご , kago)
• Norwegian: kurv
• Polish: kosz m (1,4,5) koszyk m (2,3)
• Portuguese: cesto m, cesta f
• Romanian: coş n, paner n
• Russian: корзина f
• Slovak: košík m, kôš m
• Spanish: cesta f, cesto m
• Swedish: korg (1,4)
• Tok Pisin: basket
• Turkish: sepet

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French

Noun

basket

1. slang for basketball