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   cradle

   /ˈkreɪdl/

   noun

   • 1. a baby's bed or cot, typically one mounted on rockers: "the baby slept peacefully in its cradle" Similar cribbassinetMoses basketcotcarrycot
   • ▪ infancy: "the welfare state was set up to provide care from the cradle to the grave"
   • ▪ a place or process in which something originates or flourishes: "the Middle East is generally held to be the cradle of agriculture" Similar birthplacefountfountainheadsourcespringfountainoriginplace of originbreeding placenurseryrootrootsseatseedgermbeginningstartoriginationgenesisbirthdawningdawnemergenceinceptionlaunchcreationearly stagesconceptioninaugurationfoundationoutsetfons et origoformal:commencementliterary:wellspringrare:radix
   • 2. a framework on which a ship or boat rests during construction or repairs. Similar frameworkrackholderstandbasesupportmountingmountplatformprophorserestchockplinthbottomtrivetbracketframesubframestructuresubstructurechassis
   • ▪ a framework on which a worker is suspended to work on a ceiling, ship, or the side of a high building. British
   • ▪ the part of a phone on which the receiver rests when not in use.

   verb

   • 1. hold gently and protectively: "she cradled his head in her arms"
   • ▪ be the place of origin of: "the north-eastern states cradled an American industrial revolution"
   • 2. place (a phone receiver) in its cradle: "she cradled the receiver gently"

   Word Origin Old Englishcradol, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German Kratte ‘basket’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   CRADLE definition: 1. a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side: 2. the object that you put…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of CRADLE is a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots. How to use cradle in a sentence.

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   CRADLE meaning: 1. a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side: 2. the object that you put…. Learn more.

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   noun. a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers. any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for the handset of a telephone. the place where anything is nurtured during its early existence: Boston was the cradle of the American Revolution. Synonyms: wellspring, font, fountain, birthplace. Agriculture.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCRADLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently. I cradled her in my arms. American English : cradle / ˈkreɪdəl /

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   noun. a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold. synonyms: rocker. see more.

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   Definition of cradle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Cradle definition: A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCRADLE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    CRADLE definition: 1. a baby's bed, especially one that swings from side to side 2. the part of a telephone that holds…. Learn more.

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    Meaning & use. I. A bed for a young child, and related uses. I.1.a. Old English–. A little bed or cot for an infant: properly, one mounted on rockers, but often extended to a swing-cot, or a simple cot or basket-bed that is neither rocked nor swung. OE. Cunabulum, cradel.