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• wire basket — a fish trap made of wire or wire mesh …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• wire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. (metal) thread, filament; flex, cord, line; telephone, telegraph, cable; cablegram, telegram. See communication. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A metal strand] Syn. line, electric wire, cable, aerial, circuit …   English dictionary for students

• basket — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• basket — ► NOUN 1) a container for holding or carrying things, made from interwoven strips of cane or wire. 2) Basketball a net fixed on a hoop, used as the goal. 3) a group, category, or range: a basket of currencies. ORIGIN Old French …   English terms dictionary

• Basket-hilted sword — Broadsword redirects here. For other uses, see Broadsword (disambiguation). A typical schiavona of the late 17th century …   Wikipedia

• wire — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 metal as thin thread ADJECTIVE ▪ taut ▪ loose ▪ fine, thin ▪ thick ▪ flexible …   Collocations dictionary

• basket — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ bamboo, plastic, straw, wicker, wire, woven, etc. ▪ laundry, sewing …   Collocations dictionary

• basket — [[t]bɑ͟ːskɪt, bæ̱s [/t]] baskets 1) N COUNT A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together. ...big wicker picnic baskets… …   English dictionary

• basket — bas|ket S3 [ˈba:skıt US ˈbæ ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old North French baskot, from Latin bascauda bowl for washing dishes ] 1.) a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• basket */*/ — UK [ˈbɑːskɪt] / US [ˈbæskət] noun [countable] Word forms basket : singular basket plural baskets 1) a) a container for carrying or keeping things in, made from thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, and sometimes with a handle a… …   English dictionary

• basket — /ˈbaskət / (say bahskuht) noun 1. a receptacle made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material, woven together. 2. a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc.; punnet. 3. the… …