Moses basket

noun

A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

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Meanings

nounMoses basket (plural Moses baskets)

plural Moses baskets

  1. A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

Origin

From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10).

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Translations

Catalan cabasset
  • cabassetbasket
French moïse
  • moïsebasket
Hungarian mózeskosár
  • mózeskosárbasket
Cite this entry
APA

Moses basket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moses%20basket

MLA

“Moses basket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moses%20basket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moses basket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moses%20basket.

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