sewing basket
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2.1
- noun
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cesta de costura
- "Bring me the sewing basket so I can bandage your little teddy bear; I'll sew him up," she told Soledad.
- a mother's sewing basket
- bring out her sewing basket
Examples
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Millie, get my sewing basket.
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They used large, brightly colored scraps from their mothers' sewing baskets and chunky, easy-to-handle yarn.
Fiction book (1992) -
She goes to her sewing basket and pulls something from it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now where is my sewing basket, and we'll have that splinter out in a jiffy?
Fiction book (2002) -
She went down the hall to get the scissors from her mother's sewing basket.
Fiction book (1996) -
I raided my husband's workshop for sandpaper and my own sewing basket for rug yarn.
Academic text (1991) -
She folded away the frocks, tucking needles, thread, and scissors into her sewing basket.
Fiction book (1994) -
Rose placed her tape measure back in her sewing basket and went to the kitchen.
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Finally, she did find a needle and thread, and in the sewing basket were some little buttons almost like the one that had come off the shirt.
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Rennie reaches into the sewing basket and lifts out the solid red-handled pinking shears.
Synonyms
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1.0
A container made by weaving thin pieces of material with handles for carrying things
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2.8
A small woven container with handles that you carry by hand
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1.2
A small case with needles, thread, and tools for fixing clothes
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2.0
A basket woven from thin bendable twigs or reeds
A basket for holding sewing tools like needles and thread
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Morphology
The meaning 'a basket used for holding sewing materials and supplies' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'sewing' (relating to needle-and-thread work) and 'basket' (a receptacle). This noun–noun compound follows a common and transparent formation found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun sewing basket is a simple, literal name: a small basket that held sewing tools like thread, needles and buttons beside a chair while someone sewed. Because it was the place people kept those tools, the name came to mean 'a basket used for holding sewing materials and supplies'.