English Explanatory Dictionary

Moses basket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Moses basket Moses baskets

Etymology

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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