basket
bas·ket
 /ˈbæskıt, Brit ˈbɑːskıt/  noun  ,  pl   -kets [  count  ]
  1 a : a container usually made by weaving together long thin pieces of material
   wicker/straw/wire baskets
   a fruit basket = a basket filled with fruit
   a laundry basket [=a basket that holds dirty clothes]
   They brought their lunch in a picnic basket.
  — see also breadbasket, handbasket, wastebasket
  1 b : the amount contained in a basket
   a basket [=basketful] of eggs
  2 basketball
  2 a : a net hanging from a thin metal ring that the ball must go through in order to score points
   His shot missed the basket completely.
  2 b : a successful shot
   She made/scored a basket. [=she scored points by making a shot that went through the basket]
  put all your eggs in one basket — see egg, 1
  basketful  noun  ,  pl   -fuls [  count  ]
   a basketful of eggs