shopping basket
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈʃɑpɪŋ ˈbæskɪt/
:
cesta de compras
- At the grocery store, he filled his shopping basket with ingredients for dinner.
- items in our shopping basket
- woman with a shopping basket
Examples
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Suddenly there's an elderly woman pulling her shopping basket in front of them who can't possibly get out of the way.
Fiction book (1999) -
On impulse, I tossed a bar of imported chocolate studded with hazelnuts into the shopping basket while Deeny Lambert retrieved three new rolls of film and the packet of photographs from the back room for me.
Fiction book (1993) -
That's why I was wandering around the marketplace with this shopping basket.
Fiction book (1993) -
More specifically, a wine bottle you'd actually take off the supermarket shelf and place into your shopping basket?
Blog text (6) -
Women with shopping baskets and bags engaged in a cacophony of negotiation with the stallkeepers.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then, head high, her shopping basket full of exotic ingredients, Miss Vogel left the delicacies shop that had once been her father's bakery and, without a backward glance, walked into the sun-filled streets of New York.
Fiction book (1998) -
She placed fresh vegetables and bread in her shopping basket before heading to the checkout.
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The little girl held tightly to her shopping basket as she walked through the market with her mother.
Synonyms
288
1.0
A container made by weaving thin pieces of material with handles for carrying things
40
4.1
A large strong bag for carrying things like books or groceries
15
1.0
A large basket on wheels used in shops to carry items while you shop
11
1.0
A paper or plastic container people use to carry food and other items from a store
11
2.8
A small woven container with handles that you carry by hand
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1.7
A bag shops give you to carry things you buy home
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'shopping' (buying goods) with 'basket' (a receptacle for items): a shopping basket is simply a basket used for shopping to hold selected items. The extension to a digital container (online basket/cart) is a common, transparent metaphor across languages and interfaces, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Shopping basket is a small basket with a handle used in stores. Imagine holding it and putting food and goods inside as you walk around; that picture explains why the phrase means 'a container to carry things while shopping'.