CLOTHES BASKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clothes basket mean? 

• CLOTHES BASKET (noun)
  The noun CLOTHES BASKET has 1 sense:

1. a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried

  Familiarity information: CLOTHES BASKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOTHES BASKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clothes basket; clothes hamper; laundry basket; voider

Hypernyms ("clothes basket" is a kind of...):

hamper (a basket usually with a cover)

 Context examples 

So he sent the soldier with the green whiskers for a big clothes basket, which he fastened with many ropes to the bottom of the balloon.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)