Defenition of the word cradle
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Defenition of the word cradle
- Place of origin and development.
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
- a baby's bed with sides and rockers
- birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
- run with the stick, in Lacrosse
- hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
- wash in a cradle; of gold
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- bring up from infancy
- rock or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
- run with the stick
- wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
- 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
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birth of a person
- hold gently and carefully
- wash in a cradle
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
Synonyms for the word cradle
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- birthplace
- cot
- crib
- embrace
- frame
- hold
- place of origin
- provenance
- rock
- structure
- support
Similar words in the cradle
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- cradle
- cradle's
- cradled
- cradles
Meronymys for the word cradle
Hypernyms for the word cradle
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- baby bed
- baby's bed
- beginning
- birth
- bring up
- cut
- hold
- launder
- move back and forth
- nurture
- origin
- parent
- play
- raise
- rear
- root
- rootage
- source
- take hold
- trough
- wash
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