cradle
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
Other meanings
The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
“a cradle of crime”
Infancy, or very early life.
“from the cradle to the grave”
A kind of
- baby bed
Related words
- cradleboard
- cat's cradle
- cradle cap
- cradleland
- cradlesong
- from the cradle to the grave
- rob the cradle
- cradle leg
- cradle snatcher
- cradle crust
- cradle hole
- cradle robber
Word history
From Old English "cradol".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cradle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.