Basket
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Receptacle \Re*cep"ta*cle\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[.a]*k'l), n. [F.
r['e]ceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr.
recipere to receive. See {Receive}.]
1. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and
containing something, as for examople, a {basket}, a
{vase}, a {bag}, a {reservoir}; a {repository}.
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O sacred receptacle of my joys! --Shak.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of
the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See
Illust. of {Flower}, and {Ovary}.
(b) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common
support to a head of flowers.
(c) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or
other matters.
(d) A special branch which bears the fructification in
many cryptogamous plants.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Basket \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words
seem to be from the English.]
1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude
baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." --Dyer.
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2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;
as, a basket of peaches.
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3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
[Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.
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4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a
stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.
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5. A container shaped like a basket[1], even if made of solid
material rather than woven; -- the top is often, but not
always, open and without a lid.
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6. a vessel suspended below a balloon, designed to carry
people or measuring instruments for scientific research.
Note: The earliest balloons designed to carry people often
had small vessels of woven flexible vegetable materials
to hold the passengers, which resembled large
baskets[1], from which the name was derived.
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7. (Basketball) A goal[3] consisting of a short cylindrical
net suspended from a circular rim, which itself is
attached at about ten feet above floor level to a
backboard, placed at the end of a basketball court. In
professional basketball, two such baskets are used, one at
each end of the court, and each team may score only by
passing the ball though its own basket. In informal games,
only one such basket is often used.
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8. (Basketball) An instance of scoring points by throwing the
basketball through the basket; as, he threw four baskets
in the first quarter; -- the ball must pass through the
basket from above in order to score points.
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{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
ephemer[ae]formis}. 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 basket[1] 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 basket[4] 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.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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").
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "basket":
bag, ballocks, balls, barrel, bassinet, beard, bottle, box, box up,
breadbasket, breasts, bushel, can, capsule, carton, case, cask,
cervix, clitoris, clothesbasket, cod, cods, crane, crate, creel,
cullions, encase, encyst, family jewels, female organs, frail,
fruit basket, genitalia, genitals, gonads, hamper, jar, labia,
labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, nuts,
nymphae, ovary, pack, package, pannier, parcel, penis, phallus,
picnic basket, pot, private parts, privates, privy parts,
pubic hair, pudenda, punnet, reed basket, reproductive organs,
rocks, rush basket, sack, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic,
sewing basket, sex organs, spermary, tank, testes, testicles, tin,
trug, uterus, vagina, vulva, wastebasket, wastepaper basket,
wicker basket, wire basket, womb, wooden basket, yoni
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