Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of basket
"She carried three full baskets of fresh apples to the picnic table."
In plain English: Baskets are containers made of woven material used for holding things.
"We filled the baskets with fresh apples from the orchard."
Usage: Use baskets to refer to multiple woven containers used for holding items like fruit or laundry. Do not confuse this plural noun with the singular word when referring to a single container or the game of basketball.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basket
"She baskets the laundry into hamper after finishing her chores."
In plain English: To basket something means to put it into a container made of woven material.
"They spent the afternoon baskets by the lake collecting reeds."
Usage: Do not use "baskets" as a verb to mean filling a container; instead, conjugate the base verb "basket" by adding an -s (he baskets) only in rare dialectal usage. In standard English, treat "baskets" strictly as a plural noun referring to containers made of woven material.
Baskets is the plural form of basket, which comes from Old French bacinet or baschet, derived from Late Latin bascula. The original meaning referred to a shallow vessel used by women for carrying water.