bassinet
Other forms: bassinets
A bassinet is a small basket used as a bed for a baby. A bassinet is portable, making it easy to carry the baby around.
The et ending in bassinet is a clue that this is something small, specifically a small basket used for carrying a baby. The baby also can sleep in the bassinet. Like baby clothes, the bassinet will be quickly outgrown, but it's very helpful for awhile. A bassinet is a common present for a mother to receive at a baby shower. Awwww.
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a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
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a perambulator that resembles a bassinettype of:baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, strollera small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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