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n. 1 A basket or hamper used to carry food and utensils to a picnic. 2 The food in a basket taken to a picnic.
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A picnic basket or picnic hamper is a basket intended to hold food and tableware for a picnic meal. Picnic baskets are standard equipment at many picnics.
While the basic concept of a picnic basket is quite simple, some picnic baskets sold by gourmet stores are quite large and elaborate, with insulated compartments to hold hot and cold foods, and dishware including wine glasses and porcelain plates which are secured in pockets along with items of cutlery, condiments, corkscrew etc. Many modern picnic baskets also have a special storage section to hold a bottle of wine, the traditional beverage brought along to intimate picnics. Some modern picnic baskets come with detachable blankets (to sit on) as well.
The cartoon character Yogi Bear is heavily associated with "pic-a-nic" baskets.
Category:Serving and dining Category:Food storage containers
Usage examples of "picnic basket".
My girlfriends and I love to pack up a picnic basket with champagne and Tobler biscuits (which actually are cookies, not biscuits—.
Her own flashed down into the picnic basket and produced a knife, a G.
They rose and began the walk up the hill, leaving the blanket, the picnic basket, and the cooler behind.
When he looked up, his burro had its nose buried in his picnic basket.
He wasn't much interested in what the woman had, except for the picnic basket.
I was gathering bluebells with Thelma and the children while Aunt Mari guarded the picnic basket.
Changing the subject, Phoebe stood and pulled a German chocolate cake from the picnic basket.
He carried the picnic basket, though Mary had cooked the food inside.
Her aimless behaviour altered and she returned to the Packard and took a small picnic basket from the boot, then she walked quickly back to the concrete building that housed the lower cable station.
They leaned near, took small plastic plates out of the picnic basket, and started unpacking food and passing shares to the crewman guards as well.