drain basket

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   a filter in a sink drain; traps debris but passes water

   Broaderfilter

   Part ofsink

Questions about drain basket

What does drain basket mean?

drain basket means "a filter in a sink drain; traps debris but passes water".

Is drain basket a common word?

drain basket is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.