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water-basket

water-basket is the alternative form of waterbasket.

Meaning of waterbasket

Noun

waterbasket (plural waterbaskets)

  1. A basket that is woven tightly enough for carrying liquids, especially water.
    • There was a — what is it called — a big waterbasket lying there. His mother had practically filled it with what she was gathering and was ready to go home.1970, Hansjakob Seiler, Cahuilla Texts with an Introduction, page 122

Forms of water-basket

pluralwater-baskets

Questions about water-basket

What is water-basket the alternative form of?
Water-basket is the alternative form of waterbasket.

Words near water-basket in the dictionary

  1. water-arum
  2. water-arums
  3. water-bag
  4. water-bags
  5. water-based
  6. water-basket
  7. water-baskets
  8. water-bath
  9. water-bed
  10. water-bellows
  11. water-blob

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