canestro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron), κάνιστρον (kánistron). Compare English canister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.stro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstro
• Hyphenation: ca‧nè‧stro

Noun

canestro m (plural canestri)

1. basket (normal, and in basketball)
2. hamper

   Synonym: cesto

   • 1973, “Il signor Hood”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

     Lo vedi sempre con le spalle al sole, / con un canestro di parole nuove / calpestare nuove aiuole

     You always see it with his shoulders to the sun, / with a hamper of new words / trampling new flowerbeds

Derived terms

• pallacanestro (“basketball”)

Anagrams

• castrone, conserta, constare, consterà, cornaste, costarne, costerna, scontare, sconterà, scorante, scornate, trescano