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bassinette

bassinette is the alternative spelling of bassinet.

Meaning of bassinet

Noun

bassinet (plural bassinets)

  1. A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.
    • The next day, the baby sleeps in a bassinet near my bed.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 198

Forms of bassinette

pluralbassinettes

Origin of bassinette

See bassinet.

Words formed from bassinette

Questions about bassinette

What is bassinette the alternative spelling of?
Bassinette is the alternative spelling of bassinet.

Words near bassinette in the dictionary

  1. bassiest
  2. bassily
  3. Bassin
  4. bassinet
  5. bassinets
  6. bassinette
  7. bassinettes
  8. bassing
  9. Bassingthorpe
  10. Bassins
  11. bassist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bassinette (page history and authors); bassinet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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