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Meaning of BASSINET

Pronunciation:  `basu'net

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
  2. [n]  a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
 
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 See Also: baby bed, baby buggy, baby carriage, baby's bed, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bas"si*net\, n. [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.
 

 

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