bassinet
(noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby’s bed
bassinet
(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bassinet (plural bassinets)
A newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw.
A bascinet (type of helmet).
• basinets, besaints, bestains, stibanes
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"si*net, n. Etym: [Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See Basin, and cf. Bascinet.]
1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.
2. See Bascinet. Lord Lytton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2024
(noun) a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; “he used a solution of peroxide and water”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
