bassinet
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- noun
- /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/
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moisés
- Another nurse cleans up the baby, weighs him, and places him in a hospital bassinet.
- baby bassinet
- wicker bassinet
- bassinet in the hospital
Examples
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Yolanda was sleeping in her bassinet in the bedroom.
Fiction book (1994) -
The bassinet had a skirt of snowy Irish lace dotted with satin ribbons of pink and blue.
Fiction book (1990) -
You told me to put her in the bassinet?
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We'll get a little bassinet and some Pampers.
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Senator Simon Addams looked into the bassinet, and there she was: little Ruth Thomas.
Fiction book (2000) -
We need a bassinet and a crib and a layette... and we have to run down to Paris for a few days.
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Emma stood beside the bassinet as her father laid Darren down.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our baby sleep journey started with our newborn son in a bassinet beside our bed.
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Nikole took her home and tucked her into a bassinet she had set up in her bedroom.
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A nurse reaches into one of the maternity ward bassinets and gently lifts up a swaddled newborn baby.
Synonyms
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A small bed with high sides for a baby
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A small bed for a baby that rocks to help it sleep
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A small bed with high sides for a baby to sleep safely
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A small bed with high sides that keeps a baby safe from falling out
A small sleeping place with high sides that keeps a baby safe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bassinet comes from the French word bassin ('basin' or 'bowl') with the small ending -et, so it originally meant a 'little basin'. Imagine a tiny bowl for a baby — that's why a bassinet is a small bed for a newborn.