workbasket

1. 1.

   container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)

   Synonymsworkboxworkbag

   Broadercontainer

   Narrowersewing basket

Other forms of workbasket

plural

workbaskets·

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 workbasket

What does workbasket mean?

workbasket means "container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)".

How many syllables are in workbasket?

workbasket has 3 syllables: work-ba-sket. The stress falls on "work".

What is another word for workbasket?

Close synonyms include workbox, workbag. 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 workbasket a common word?

workbasket 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.