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CLOTHES BASKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clothes basket mean?
• CLOTHES BASKET (noun)
The noun CLOTHES BASKET has 1 sense:
1. a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
Familiarity information: CLOTHES BASKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
clothes basket; clothes hamper; laundry basket; voider
Hypernyms ("clothes basket" is a kind of...):
hamper (a basket usually with a cover)
Context examples
So he sent the soldier with the green whiskers for a big clothes basket, which he fastened with many ropes to the bottom of the balloon.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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