"carrying basket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carrying baskets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrying basket (plural carrying baskets)
  1. A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free. Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: burden basket, back basket Translations (basket fitted with straps): kontti (Finnish), hotte (French), Kiepe [feminine] (German), kont [masculine] (Norwegian), kont [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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