keepingbasket

noun
UK /ˈkiːpɪŋˌbɑːskɪt/
US /ˈkiːpɪŋˌbæskɪt/

A keepingbasket is a special basket where you put things you want to save and keep safe.

She put her shiny marbles in the keepingbasket so they would not get lost.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A basket used in a game to hold the points or tokens a player has earned.

Each team dropped their colored tokens into the keepingbasket after every round.

3. A basket set aside in a classroom for holding finished work that the teacher will check later.

Please place your drawings in the keepingbasket before lunch.

4. A basket used to hold items that must not be mixed with others, such as clean laundry or special tools.

The gardener kept his sharp tools in a separate keepingbasket.