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# basket

«basket» in Mova's school dictionary: **a container made of woven strips, used to carry things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (basket, baskets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A basket is a container made of woven strips, used to carry things like fruit or bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#m1)

2) In basketball, the basket is the net the ball goes through, and a basket is a score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#m2)

3) A shopping basket is what you put things in at a shop or online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#m3)

4) A basket can also be a cosy bed for a pet, such as a dog's basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a container that makes equal groups: a number of baskets, each holding a number of fruits; «baskets with N in each» means multiply; «put into baskets equally» means divide; phrases: «a basket of», «picnic basket», «shopping basket», «score a basket»

### examples

- There are 5 baskets with 12 peaches in each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x1)
- She put 48 apples into 6 baskets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x2)
- One basket has 7 red apples and 3 green apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x3)
- How many baskets does he need for 30 eggs? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x4)
- We packed sandwiches in the picnic basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x5)
- Put the milk in the shopping basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x6)
- She scored a basket in the last second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x7)
- The cat sleeps in a basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x8)
- He was already in his basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/#x9)

### note

A container: «baskets with N in each» means multiply; «put into baskets equally» means divide. Trap: the number of baskets is not the number of fruits. «Don't put all your eggs in one basket» means don't risk everything on one thing.

### In the corpora

- [Before they set off, the Rat climbs up into his hole and comes back staggering under a fat wicker picnic basket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/0/)
- [The Mole asks to pack the basket too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/11/)
- [«Packing the basket was not quite such pleasant work as unpacking the basket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/36/)
- [The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/8/)
- [Just then the shopper is back, staggering under a full basket, and soon the table is covered with good things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «basket» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basket/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.