"laundry basket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laundry baskets [plural]
Etymology: laundry + basket Head templates: {{en-noun}} laundry basket (plural laundry baskets)
  1. A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered. Categories (topical): Containers, Laundry Translations (container for holding and transporting clothing): 洗衣籃 /洗衣篮 (xǐyīlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 洗衣筐 (xǐyīkuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), wasmand [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lavotaĵujo (Esperanto), pesukorv (Estonian), pyykkikori (Finnish), Wäschekorb [masculine] (German), ciseán níocháin [masculine] (Irish), Wäschkuerf [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Maandel [feminine] (Luxembourgish), pūtē (Maori), skittentøyskurv [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kosz m na bieliznę (brudną) (Polish), cesta [Costa-Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), cesto [Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, masculine] (Spanish), canasta [Colombia, El-Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), canasto [Andalusia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), tvättkorg [common-gender] (Swedish), kirli sepeti (Turkish), basged ddillad [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "container for holding and transporting clothing",
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          "sense": "container for holding and transporting clothing",
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      "sense": "container for holding and transporting clothing",
      "word": "kirli sepeti"
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