hamper

IPA: hˈæmpɝ

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
(uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
(UK) A gift basket.
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

Examples of "hamper" in Sentences

The winner of the chai hamper is none other than Cathy!
Except for my husband, who apparently has no clue what a clothes hamper is and what it is used for.
We had a built-in hamper/linen closet thing in the old master bath which shared a wall with the bedroom it was attached to.
Here's an intellectual — William Weaver, of New York City, who wrote, To call it a dirty-clothes hamper is to overstate the case.
For many of us, the hamper is like an overstock bin where clothes go into a complex holding pattern, and a quick windventory will often produce a perfectly respectable outfit.
Your wardrobe’s a mess; the hamper is full; your credit rating is sinking; your mother in law is languishing; your aunt is needy; the bathroom is grungy; the kitchen floor is sticky; the short story stinks; the car is a mess; I’m hungry.
Somewhere in the cellars of Downing Street a post-election celebratory hamper from the designer Kelly Hoppen sits unopened, as does a rug from the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ties from Silvio Berlusconi and tennis rackets and wine from Nicolas Sarkozy.