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bassinet

[bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net] / ˌbæs əˈnɛt, ˈbæs əˌnɛt /
NOUN
baby bed
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“He had just finished setting up the bassinet, shelves, and his baby basket,” said Trejo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026

These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024

Is the toddler photographed by Peter Magubane with his arms outstretched in a wicker bassinet really preaching, as the title says, to the crowd of babies in a South African orphanage?

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

There was no fancy bassinet here on the homestead, like the girls fussed over back home in Iowa.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

They also should sleep in cribs or bassinets — not on beds with siblings or in parents' arms.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

The Baby Industrial Complex will convince you that you need six different kinds of bassinets, co-sleepers, etc.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023

“We had bassinets in the back of the tour bus,” James said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

It requires any product designed for sleeping babies to meet within one year the mandatory federal standards already in place for cribs, bassinets, bedside sleepers and play yards.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021

Etienne imagines shortwave receivers disguised as oatmeal boxes or tucked under floorboards, receivers buried beneath flagstones or concealed inside bassinets.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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