📖 basket

noun

1. a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
2. a container that is usually woven and has handles
3. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
4. the quantity contained in a basket

See also: field goalhandbasketbasketball hoophoopbasketful

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