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He feared to fill the balloon to its capacity lest the expansion of the gas due to the hot sun should explode it At half past three the basket was attached and it looked small--about the size of a large bushel basket, three feet in diameter and three feet deep.

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  1. noun A container made of interwoven material, such as rushes or twigs.
  2. noun The amount that a basket can hold.
  3. noun An item resembling such a container in shape or function.
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  • It clutched a small basket in its talons, and on the basket was a tag: FLY BY NIGHT. —  Yon Ill Wind
  • In the kitchen, a basket was already waiting for him, with half a chicken, a half-bottle of Burgundy, cheese, fruit, and a bottle of mineral water. —  Georges Simenon - [44] Maigret and the Fortuneteller
  • Somewhere in the middle of the basket is a rotten peach. —  Four To Score
  • The Easter basket is content to be a backdrop: Photos and memories of the basket are as much about the people as the place. —  Chronicle-Telegram
  • She said the basket is always hidden and must be found. —  Paul & Matt's Sports Attack
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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *baskauta, of Celtic origin.

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  1. from Middle English basket; of unknown origin. The Celtic words, Welsh basged, Cornish basced, Irish basceid, Gaelic bascaid (cf. Welsh basg, a netting or piece of wickerwork), are modern and from English The supposed original, Latin bascauda, which is mentioned by Martial as directly of Celtic origin, is defined as a washing-tub or brazen vessel, and is prob. not connected with basket.
 

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