basket

Other forms of basket

plural

baskets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about basket

What does basket mean?

basket means "a container that is usually woven and has handles". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in basket?

basket has 2 syllables: bas-ket. The stress falls on "bas". In IPA it is /ˈbæskət/.

What is another word for basket?

Close synonyms include handbasket, basketful, basketball hoop, hoop, field goal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basket a common word?

basket is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with basket?

2 words rhyme with basket. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.