bassinet

[ bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net ]

/ ˌbæs əˈnɛt, ˈbæs əˌnɛt /

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noun

a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.

a style of perambulator resembling this.

Armor. basinet.

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Origin of bassinet

1570–80; <French: pan; see basin, -et

Words nearby bassinet

basset horn, basset table, bass fiddle, bass guitar, bass horn, bassinet, bassist, basso, basso cantante, basso continuo, bassoon

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How to use bassinet in a sentence

Once Zoomer Coyote entered the world, there would be no pink or blue bassinet cards in the hospital nursery.
Raising a child without a gender|Terri Schlichenmeyer|January 14, 2021|Washington Blade
Weaving through the jungle of wailing ambulances on 1st Avenue was a bright-eyed young dad, light-blue bassinet in tow.
Hundreds Evacuated From NYU’s Tisch Hospital in Hurricane Sandy|Abby Haglage|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I was barely out of the bassinet when the country last experienced a recession.
The Ultimate Recession Food|Emily Farris|December 8, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Italian he might be were his bassinet more sloped, but I will swear that those plates were welded betwixt this and Rhine.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

A wide-rimmed helm is often represented as worn over or in place of the bassinet, and jewelled and crested.
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner
The babe practically unwashed, the house becomes grimy, and the bed and bassinet nasty.
London's Underworld|Thomas Holmes
This completes one diamond, which for a bassinet quilt will be large enough.
The Ladies' Work-Book|Unknown
The form "bassinet" is used for the hooded wicker cradle or perambulator for babies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bassinet

bassinet

/ (ˌbæsɪˈnɛt) /

noun

a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded

Word Origin for bassinet

C19: from French: little basin, from bassin basin; associated in folk etymology with French barcelonnette a little cradle, from berceau cradle

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bassinet

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