handbasket

Definitions of handbasket

1. noun

   a container that is usually woven and has handles
   synonyms: basket

   types:

   breadbasket

   a basket for serving bread

   bushel basket

   a basket large enough to hold a bushel

   creel

   a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

   frail

   a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

   hamper

   a basket usually with a cover

   punnet

   a small light basket used as a measure for fruits

   shopping basket

   a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping

   skep

   a large round wicker basket (used on farms)

   wicker basket

   a basket made of wickerwork

   clothes basket, clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider

   a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried

   food hamper

   a hamper for packing and transporting food

   pannier

   a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person

   type of:

   container

   any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)