noun
- a small basket designed to be carried by hand
Examples
- She carried fresh vegetables from the garden in a handbasket.
- The handbasket was perfect for collecting eggs from the henhouse.
- He wove a small handbasket from willow branches.
- The market vendor filled her handbasket with apples.
- A handbasket sat by the front door for collecting mail.
- The picnic handbasket contained sandwiches and fruit.