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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baskets
  1. bins
  2. crates
  3. cartons
  4. trunks
  5. boxes
  6. caskets
  7. bags
  8. lockers
Noun
  • Sacramento’s Recycling and Solid Waste Department will inspect about 5,000 residential curbside garbage bins from July through September to check whether residents are properly separating recyclables, organic waste and trash.
    — Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
  • Meraz said a smoldering projectile from one of the many booms and bangs that kept his sons awake must have landed in one of the trash bins, causing the fire to ignite.
    — Noah Daly July 11, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026
Definition of bins
Noun
  • Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
  • In a subsequent investigation, authorities found that Sit kept the animals in small crates in a hot van, where the animals died of heat stroke.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 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
  • The company reported that 960 cartons were recalled, with each carton containing 84 pods.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of cartons
Noun
  • The clasps are also an homage to those used on LV trunks since the 1860s.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026
  • Now would be the time to trim the limbs with declining leaves back to healthy portions of limbs or trunks.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Definition of trunks
Noun
  • Ify purposefully fails those rooms to reach the final game, Bluff Box, in Room 8, where Parlor Room host Becca Scott presides over two small blue boxes.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Warren has since expanded it to include more than keychains and has transformed the little library, adding a shelf, little boxes to separate items, and a door.
    — Mary Eber, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of boxes
Noun
  • Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
    — NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
Definition of caskets
Noun
  • To dispose of the plants safely, put them in brown landscape waste bags and set them out for pickup.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • That puts items such as artwork, electronics, and your clothing, shoes, or bags at risk of being damaged, particularly if you’re gone for a longer period of time.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2026
Definition of bags
Noun
  • Access to another exit near the kitchen might also have been narrowed by shelving units and lockers, said Kittharath, who visited the scene Monday morning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • The project proposal also includes a gym with cardio and strength machinery and space for group classes, an indoor mailroom with digital package lockers and several water features.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of lockers

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