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bassinet

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

noun

  1. a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.
  2. a style of perambulator resembling this.
  3. Armor. basinet.


bassinet

/ ËŒ²úæ²õɪˈ²ÔÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bassinet1

1570–80; < French: pan; basin, -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bassinet1

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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A young couple strolled with their baby in a bassinet.

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Authorities said the baby was found not breathing in his bassinet on Sept. 10 and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.

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“I was already buying their stuff, like the automatic rocker and the bassinet so the fact that they reached out was pretty cool,†she said in a telephone interview before heading to a studio session.

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The couple said a deadly tornado on Saturday tore apart their mobile home, picking up a bassinet with the baby still inside of it.

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