handbaskets

noun

plural of handbasket
as in baskets

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbaskets
  1. baskets
  2. bins
  3. cartons
  4. trunks
  5. crates
  6. boxes
  7. bags
  8. lockers
Noun
  • 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
Definition of baskets
Noun
  • Officers used tear gas as tensions flared sporadically in the neighborhood, with small groups of people trying to set bicycles and trash bins on fire.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As night fell, police clashed with protesters in central Tirana, clearing streets littered with rocks as tear gas and smoke from burning trash bins filled the air.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bins
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
  • They are usually found on tree trunks and branches but can also form on outdoor furniture, fences or homes.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • There is also the new travel-sized Mignon and exclusive Limousine trunks.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of trunks
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
  • Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in freezer.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • My father worked somewhere that had a lot of cardboard boxes.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of boxes
Noun
  • Cardboard boxes and mesh bags of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in cooler.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The remains, wrapped in several layers of garbage bags, were turned over to the Gang Supression Force by HERO, a relief organization that was contacted through humanitarian channels, the group told the Miami Herald.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of bags
Noun
  • So these are vertical shorts shot through characters’ lockers.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The room falls silent as the players, one by one, take a seat at their lockers, facing a big-screen TV on the wall.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of lockers
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