Synonyms of the word

basket

• n. A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
• n. A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a…
• n. In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.
• n. (basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players…
• n. (basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
• n. The game of basketball.
• n. A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the…
• n. (Britain, slang) A manbulge.
• n. (obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
• n. (archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
• n. (ballooning) Where the pilot and passengers are.
• n. (architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
• v. To place in a basket or in baskets.

basketful

• n. The amount that will fit into a basket.

container

• n. Someone who contains; something that contains.
• n. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
• n. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
• n. (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
• n. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
• n. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

containerful

• n. As much as a container can hold.

goal

• n. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• n. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
• n. The act of placing the object into the goal.
• n. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
• n. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct…
• v. (Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal.

handbasket

• n. A basket with a handle.

hoop

• n. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
• n. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic…
• n. A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents…
• n. (Britain, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
• n. (plural) The game of basketball.
• n. A hoop earring.
• n. (Australia, metonymically, informal, dated) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
• n. (usually, plural) (sports) A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
• v. (transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.
• v. (transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
• n. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
• n. The hoopoe.
• v. (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
• v. (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.

score

• n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
• n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
• n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
• n. Twenty, 20 (number).
• n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
• n. A weight of twenty pounds.
• n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
• n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
• n. Subject.
• n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
• n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
• n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
• n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
• n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
• v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
• v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
• interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.