Basket vs. Basketball

Basketnoun

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

Basketnoun

A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.

Basketnoun

In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.

Basketnoun

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

Basketnoun

(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.

Basketnoun

The game of basketball.

Basketnoun

A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the mens' shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.

Basketnoun

The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.

Basketnoun

(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.

Basketnoun

(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.

Basketnoun

A singlestick with a basket hilt.

Basketnoun

(ballooning) Where the pilot and passengers are.

Basketnoun

(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Basketnoun

Bastard.

Basketverb

To place in a basket or in baskets.

Basketnoun

A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

Basketnoun

The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.

Basketnoun

The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Basketnoun

The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

Basketnoun

A container shaped like a basket{1}, even if made of solid material rather than woven; - the top is often, but not always, open and without a lid.

Basketnoun

a vessel suspended below a balloon, designed to carry people or measuring instruments for scientific research.

Basketnoun

A goal{3} consisting of a short cylindrical net suspended from a circular rim, which itself is attached at about ten feet above floor level to a backboard, placed at the end of a basketball court. In professional basketball, two such baskets are used, one at each end of the court, and each team may score only by passing the ball though its own basket. In informal games, only one such basket is often used.

Basketnoun

An instance of scoring points by throwing the basketball through the basket; as, he threw four baskets in the first quarter; - the ball must pass through the basket from above in order to score points.

Basketverb

To put into a basket.

Basketnoun

a container that is usually woven and has handles

Basketnoun

the quantity contained in a basket

Basketnoun

horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Basketnoun

a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Basketnoun

a container used to hold or carry things, typically made from interwoven strips of cane or wire

Basketnoun

a facility on a website that records items selected by a customer for purchase until the transaction is completed

Basketnoun

a structure suspended from a hot-air balloon for carrying the crew, equipment, and ballast.

Basketnoun

a group or range of currencies or investments

Basketnoun

a net fixed on a hoop used as the goal.

Basketnoun

a goal scored.

Basketnoun

euphemism for bastard (sense 1 of the noun)

Basket

A basket is a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers and can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be used.

Basketballnoun

A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

Basketballnoun

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. Basketball

Basketballnoun

A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.

Basketballnoun

The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball.

Basketballnoun

a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

Basketballnoun

an inflated ball used in playing basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three.