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UK
/bˈæsɪnˌɛt/
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NOUN
- a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
- a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
How To Use bassinet In A Sentence
- Cribs, cradles and bassinets are traditionally woven from wickerwork.
- So some parents use "bed-side sleepers"—three-sided bassinets that attach to adult beds to give babies their own space. When a Cuddly Crib Puts the Baby in Danger
- There was the child, in his bassinet by the sofa.
- But indigenous Oaxacan mothers traditionally breast feed their babies for a year and rarely use bassinets, carrying their infants instead in a rebozo, a type of sling.
- We had a little twin bed up against one wall, our bed against another, and a bassinet right next to it, as well as a crib next to the twin bed, and that's not mentioning the dresser.
- Some bassinets convert into a change table and most of them are portable, making them great for travel.
- During these movements the object happens to rub against the wicker of the bassinet.
- At a christening party all the favors savor of the nursery -- splendid cradles of flowers, a bassinet of brilliante trimmed with ribbons for a _bonbonniere_, powder-boxes, puffs, little socks filled with sugar instead of little feet, an infant's cloak standing on end Manners and Social Usages
- Also, for international flights, be sure to ask your booking agent about bassinets built into the bulkhead.
- The decision to use a crib or a bassinet is one that many parents often wrestle with.