{
    "term": "basket",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/ba/baskets.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of long thin pieces of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wire or wicker.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **shopping basket**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **picnic basket**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **clothes/laundry basket** *(= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **wicker/wire basket**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cat/dog basket** *(= in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She heaved the huge basket onto the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was cycling along with her bicycle basket full of groceries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cat lay curled in its basket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the table was a basket filled with delicious fruit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were hanging baskets full of summer flowers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She found a basket of fruit waiting for her in the hotel room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The logs were in a wicker basket next to the fireplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We packed a picnic basket and set off for the beach."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bamboo", "plastic", "straw"],
                "verb + basket": ["make", "weave", "fill"],
                "basket + verb": [
                    "be filled with something",
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "phrases": ["in a/​the basket", "into a/​the basket", "basket of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the amount contained in a basket",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a basket of fruit"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bamboo", "plastic", "straw"],
                "verb + basket": ["make", "weave", "fill"],
                "basket + verb": [
                    "be filled with something",
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "phrases": ["in a/​the basket", "into a/​the basket", "basket of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a facility on a website that records the items that you select to buy",
            "labels": "both especially North American English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Click to drop items into your shopping basket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "82 per cent of shoppers have abandoned an **online shopping basket **in the last year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the net and the metal ring it hangs from, high up at each end of a basketball court; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **make/shoot a basket**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + basket": ["shoot", "make", "score"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a number of different goods or currencies",
            "labels": "(economics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I’ve applied for several jobs. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɑːskɪt/",
                "audio": "ba/basket/basket__gb_6.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbæskɪt/",
                "audio": "ba/basket/basket__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French basket, of unknown ultimate origin."
}