Collocations for basket - noun
1. container
ADJ.
cane, straw, wicker/wickerwork, wire, woven | laundry, sewing | bread, food, fruit, shopping | waste/waste-paper | cat, dog | bicycle
She was cycling along with her bicycle basket full of shopping.
She was cycling along with her bicycle basket full of shopping.
picnic | flower, hanging
hanging baskets full of summer flowers
hanging baskets full of summer flowers
VERB + BASKET
make, weave | fill, load (sth into), pack (sth into), put sth in | take sth from/out of, unpack | carry, heave, pick up
She heaved the huge basket onto the table.
She heaved the huge basket onto the table.
swing | put down, set down
BASKET + VERB
be filled with sth, be full of sth, contain sth
a basket filled with delicious fruit
a basket filled with delicious fruit
PHRASES
in/into a/the ~
The cat lay curled in its basket.
The cat lay curled in its basket.
~ of
a basket of flowers/fruit
a basket of flowers/fruit
2. in basketball
VERB + BASKET
shoot | make, score, sink