Definition of: basket

(bas′kit, bäs′-) noun
1. A container made of interwoven twigs, splints, rushes, strips, etc.
2. Something resembling a basket, as the structure under a balloon for carrying passengers or ballast.
3. The amount a basket will hold; a basketful.
4. An openwork guard over the hilt of a sword: also basket hilt.
5. In basketball, either of the goals, consisting of a metal ring with a cord net suspended from it; also, the point or points made by throwing the ball through the basket.
6. Mil. The platform supporting the two operators of a tank turret, which rotates with the turret. [ME; origin unknown]
—bas′ket·like′ adjective