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Laundry basket
A kind of basket · also called clothes basket, washing basket, laundry hamper
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About
A common household container sized to hold and carry a full machine load of clothing.
Plastic laundry baskets are designed to hold an entire machine cycle of clothing while staying narrow enough to carry through interior doorways. Upright hampers take up less floor space by standing much taller, often reaching 24 to 30 inches (0.6 to 0.8 m) high. Although the empty basket is light at just 2 pounds (0.9 kg), filling it with damp laundry can easily raise the total weight over 25 pounds (11 kg).
From Wikipedia
A laundry basket is a basket used for storing clean or dirty clothes, for storage before washing and drying, or for transporting clothes. They are used to keep clean and dirty laundry collected and organised, and can prevent clothes from getting lost or mixed up.
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Questions people ask
- How big is a laundry basket?
- A standard laundry basket is about 24 inches (0.6 m) long and 15 inches (0.38 m) tall, weighing roughly 2 pounds (0.9 kg) empty. Its length is about the same as a medium microwave oven.
- How much space does a laundry basket take up?
- About 21.7 gal (82.1 L), the volume of its body.
Weight
1.98 lb (900 g)
- Space it takes up
- 21.7 gal (82.1 L)
- Length
- 23.6 in (60 cm)
- Height
- 15 in (38 cm)
Quick answer
A standard laundry basket is about 24 inches (0.6 m) long and 15 inches (0.38 m) tall, weighing roughly 2 pounds (0.9 kg) empty. Its length is about the same as a medium microwave oven.
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