harvest baskets

Farm picking receptacles

Harvest baskets are containers used for gathering crops by hand—typically sturdy, open-topped, and designed to be carried or set down in fields.

They range from traditional woven baskets to modern plastic crates.

The term evokes agricultural labor and autumn abundance: The workers filled their harvest baskets with apples.

Related

pumpkin patch · reaping · gathering · fresh picked · cornucopia · produce · farmers market · farm stand · picking · vineyard · grapes · autumn · abundance · woven · handle · pumpkins · crops · field

Opposites
agricultural function

harvest basketsseed drills

Agricultural planting machines

seeders · dibbers · irrigation systems

container purpose

harvest basketsstorage bins

Receptacles for keeping things

grain silos · root cellars · granaries · pantry shelves

temporal phase of crop cycle

harvest basketsseedbeds

Prepared ground for germination

starter pots · cold frames

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G