Basket | Mean of basket in English Dictionary

/ˈbæskɪt/

• Noun
• a container usually made by weaving together long thin pieces of material
1. wicker/straw/wire baskets
2. a fruit basket = a basket filled with fruit
3. a laundry basket [=a basket that holds dirty clothes]
4. They brought their lunch in a picnic basket.
• the amount contained in a basket
1. a basket [=basketful] of eggs
• a net hanging from a thin metal ring that the ball must go through in order to score points
1. His shot missed the basket completely.

• a successful shot
1. She made/scored a basket. [=she scored points by making a shot that went through the basket]