basket, n. [hamper], creel, hanaper, pannier, corb, tumbril, dosser, canister, [prickle], corf, bassinet, voider, flasket, punnet, wicker, wicker-work, [scuttle].
basket-bearer, n. canephore, canephorus. (Gr. Antiq.)
bastard, n. illegitimate [child], love-child, whoreson; mamzer (Mosaic law).
bastard, a. [illegitimate], adulterine; [spurious], [false], [counterfeit], supposititious.
bastardize, v. illegitimatize, Antonyms: [legitimate], legitimatize.
baste, v. [beat], [cudgel], [pound], [pommel], buffet, [thrash], [maul], [strike].
bat, n. [club], [cudgel]; brickbat; cheiropter, [vampire]; [racket]; (Slang) [blow], stroke, buffet; (Slang) [spree], jollification.
batch, n. [quantity], [collection], [lot], assortment.
bate, n. puer, grainer.
bath, n. ablution, lavement; bathroom, lavatory. Associated words: balneal, balneary, balneography, balneology balneotherapy, laver.