Helen Fenton

Basket: Definition and part of speech

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Basket

  1. v. t. To put into a basket.
  2. n. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
  3. n. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
  4. n. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
  5. n. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Basking shark: Definition and part of speech

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Basking shark

  1. One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Basommatophora: Definition and part of speech

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Basommatophora

  1. n. pl. A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Basque: Definition and part of speech

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Basque

  1. n. A part of a lady’s dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; — probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.
  2. a. Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
  3. n. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
  4. n. The language spoken by the Basque people.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.