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fish-basket

fish-basket noun: a basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.

Noun

fish-basket (plural fish-baskets)

  1. A basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.
    • I called to the boy, who was still standing on the bank, to take the fish-basket, which I had left behind, and follow me over the barrier[.]1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154

Forms of fish-basket

pluralfish-baskets

Questions about fish-basket

What does fish-basket mean?
Fish-basket means a basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.
What part of speech is fish-basket?
Fish-basket is a noun.
What is the plural of fish-basket?
The plural of fish-basket is fish-baskets.

Words near fish-basket in the dictionary

  1. fish-and-chippies
  2. fish-and-chippy
  3. fish-and-chips
  4. fish-ball
  5. fish-balls
  6. fish-basket
  7. fish-baskets
  8. fish-bellied
  9. fish-belly girder
  10. fish-belly girders
  11. fish-blooded

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