Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moses basket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: moses bas-ket
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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).

Inflected Forms

Moses baskets (plural)

Questions

What does moses basket mean?: A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.
Where does moses basket come from?: 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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