Moses basket
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Moses basket — /mōˈzəz bäˈskit/ noun A portable cot for babies in the form of a basket with handles ORIGIN: Story of Moses in the bulrushes, from Bible, Exodus 2.3 … Useful english dictionary
Moses basket — UK [ˈməʊzɪz ˌbɑːskɪt] / US [ˈmoʊzəz ˌbæskət] noun [countable] Word forms Moses basket : singular Moses basket plural Moses baskets British a basket with handles, used for carrying a baby or for a baby to sleep in … English dictionary
Moses basket — noun a carrycot or small portable cot made of wickerwork. Origin with allusion to the biblical story of Moses being left in a basket among the bulrushes (Exod. 2:3) … English new terms dictionary
Moses basket — Mo|ses bas|ket [ˈməuzız ˌba:skıt US ˈmouzız ˌbæ ] n BrE a large basket with handles, in which a baby can sleep and be carried … Dictionary of contemporary English
Moses basket — noun (C) BrE a large basket with handles, in which a baby can sleep and be carried … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Moses basket — /ˈmoʊzəs baskət/ (say mohzuhs bahskuht) noun → carry basket …
MOSES — (Heb. מֹשֶׁה; LXX, Mōusēs; Vulg. Moyses), leader, prophet, and lawgiver (set in modern chronology in the first half of the 13th century B.C.E.). Commissioned to take the Israelites out of Egypt, Moses led them from his 80th year to his death at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses — • Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century, B. C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moses Moses … Catholic encyclopedia
Moses Malone — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Malone. Moses Malone … Wikipédia en Français
Moses — /moh ziz, zis/, n. 1. the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness. 2. a male given name. /moh ziz, zis/, n. 1. Anna Mary Robertson ( Grandma Moses ), 1860 1961,… … Universalium
