Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. A container filled with decorative plants, suspended on a structure.
Wikipedia
A hanging basket is a suspended container used for growing decorative plants. Typically they are hung from buildings, where garden space is at a premium, and from street furniture for environmental enhancement. They may also be suspended from free standing frames sometimes called hanging basket trees. One type of hanging basket is the inverted planter where plants are grown in an upside down pot and are watered from the top.
Usage examples of "hanging basket".
Bila Huruma took the tiny snake and then, carefully, placed it in the hanging basket.
She gave what might have been a shrug, then sat down on a hanging basket-chair, throwing me the towel that had been on its seat.
Dawn had already put a hanging basket of begonias by her front door, but they looked dry.
Some build out of moss and leaves, some weave a hanging basket of grasses and twigs, others play the part of the potter, mixing mud and water to build beneath the eaves of our homes.
After Qoi disappeared into the kitchen Eleanor ducked round a hanging basket of pink begonias, and sat herself in a plain oak admiral's chair.
He'd put the gun-butt in the hanging basket with the geraniums, with the barrel pointing skywards, among the chains hanging the basket.
She ducked her head and sat under an ominous hanging basket containing a drooping mass of ferns.
She had a huge potted palm sitting on it, a begonia in a hanging basket, a lawn chair, a set of wind chimes and a welcome mat it was sheltered from the rain by the overhanging balcony of the apartment above which was exactly the same size.