bassinette

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A form of bassinet — A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.

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Meanings

nounbassinette (plural bassinettes)

plural bassinettes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bassinet.

    It now sits in the bassinette where she was to sleep.

    2009 October 11, Katie Zezima, “Indigent Burials Are on the Rise”, in New York Times
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    He found two children dead in the living room, then went upstairs and found the mother dead in the bedroom with her baby dead in the bassinette beside her."

    2009 May 2, Brett Popplewell, “When half the city took ill”, in Toronto Star

Origin

See bassinet.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“bassinette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bassinette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bassinette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bassinette.

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