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BASSINET
bassinet
(noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby’s bed
bassinet
(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bassinet (plural bassinets)
A newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw.
A bascinet (type of helmet).
Anagrams
• 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
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