Bassinet vs. Cot

Bassinetnoun

A newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw.

Bassinetnoun

A bascinet (type of helmet).

Bassinetnoun

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

Bassinetnoun

See Bascinet.

Bassinetnoun

a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed

Bassinetnoun

a perambulator that resembles a bassinet

Bassinet

A bassinet, bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or castors, while cradles are generally designed to provide a rocking or gliding motion.

Cotnoun

(US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.

Cotnoun

A crib (child's bed).

Cotnoun

A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

Cotnoun

(archaic) A cottage or small homestead.

Cotnoun

A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.

Cotnoun

A small, crudely-formed boat.

Cotnoun

A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.

Cotnoun

A small house; a cottage or hut.

Cotnoun

A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

Cotnoun

A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.

Cotnoun

A small, rudely-formed boat.

Cotnoun

A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.

Cotnoun

a sheath worn to protect a finger

Cotnoun

baby bed with high sides

Cotnoun

a small bed that folds up for storage or transport