Thesaurus results for BASKETS

baskets

noun

plural of basket

as in bins

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Recent Examples of baskets The set includes two medium baskets and one larger basket, giving you plenty of styling options throughout the house. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 22 June 2026 Mpoyi’s first two baskets came on putbacks under the basket and teammate Nicholas Giarrusso scored on a putback to close out the first quarter. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026

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Noun

First, ensure trash bins are tightly sealed and stored a few feet away from your home, since open waste easily attracts mice or rats.

— Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 1 Nov. 2026
And the city has removed many of the huge street-corner bins where Parisians are accustomed to dropping their empty wine and beer bottles.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of bins

Noun

Dealers will be allowed to bring packing crates into the Grand Palais after the fair closes Friday, but no one will be permitted inside on Saturday, sources said.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of crates

Noun

The company reported that 960 cartons were recalled, with each carton containing 84 pods.

— Greta Cross, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
In a bit that must have taken quite a bit of rehearsal, the milk cartons danced in unison to the song until a larger milk carton appeared above the stage that dumped a sheet of milk onto them, freeing the dancers from the containers.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2026

Definition of cartons

Noun

In the riverbed, towering bald cypress trees now stood at a lean, their branches swept back by a 30-foot surge of water and mud, their trunks still plastered with debris.

— Francesca D’Annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026
The chips were made from trees killed in the 2020 Castle fire, an inferno that left thousands of acres of standing dead trunks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of trunks

Noun

Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of dry storage area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
In dozens of Associated Press interviews with people who cast ballots at advance polling places or drop boxes across the country, the angst was palpable, most sharply from those who oppose Trump but also from many who support him.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of boxes

Noun

Mortuary Manor visitors can also watch a horror movie projected onto the wall of the main sitting room while surrounded by caskets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
As the Kennedys look on, the crew moves the body bags into aluminum caskets used to transport human remains.

— Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of caskets

Noun

Cardboard boxes and paper bags of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in cooler and dry storage area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Outside Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, people filled plastic bags with sand to try to prevent further flooding inside.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of bags

Noun

In almost every constellation of friends, at least a few were swiping and typing despite a state policy requiring devices be switched off and stored in lockers during school hours.

— Oscar Schwartz, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
The malicious system component silently installs apps that look like weather tools, app lockers and other everyday utilities.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of lockers

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