Basketful

bas·ket  (bskt)

n.

1.

a. A container made of interwoven material, such as rushes or twigs.

b. The amount that a basket can hold.

2. An item resembling such a container in shape or function.

3. A usually open gondola suspended from a hot-air balloon.

4. A group of related things, such as financial securities or products in a specific market.

5. Basketball

a. Either of the two goals normally elevated ten feet above the floor, consisting of a metal hoop from which an open-bottomed circular net is suspended.

b. A field goal.

6. Sports A circular structure at the base of a ski pole, used to prevent the pole from sinking too deeply into the snow.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *baskauta, of Celtic origin.]

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basket·ful n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

basketful - the quantity contained in a basket basket containerful - the quantity that a container will hold