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Synonyms for cradle
ˈkreɪd lcra·dle

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  1. cradlenoun

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  2. cradlenoun

    A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  3. cradlenoun

    A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

  4. cradlenoun

    A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

    The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

  5. cradlenoun

    A rest for the receiver of a telephone.

    He slammed the handset into the cradle.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  6. cradlenoun

    To contain in or as if in a cradle.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  7. cradlenoun

    The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  8. cradlenoun

    To wrap protectively.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

  9. cradlenoun

    To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  10. cradlenoun

    A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

  11. cradlenoun

    A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  12. cradlenoun

    A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

  13. cradlenoun

    A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

  14. cradlenoun

    A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cradlenoun

    a baby bed with sides and rockers

    Synonyms:
    provenience, birthplace, rocker, place of origin, provenance

  2. birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, proveniencenoun

    where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

    "the birthplace of civilization"

    Synonyms:
    provenience, birthplace, place of birth, rocker, place of origin, provenance

  3. cradlenoun

    birth of a person

    "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

    Synonyms:
    provenience, birthplace, rocker, place of origin, provenance

  4. rocker, cradleverb

    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:
    rocking chair, provenience, rocker, birthplace, place of origin, rock 'n' roll musician, provenance

  5. cradleverb

    hold gently and carefully

    "He cradles the child in his arms"

  6. cradleverb

    bring up from infancy

  7. cradleverb

    hold or place in or as if in a cradle

    "He cradled the infant in his arms"

  8. cradleverb

    cut grain with a cradle scythe

  9. cradleverb

    wash in a cradle

    "cradle gold"

  10. cradleverb

    run with the stick

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cradlenoun

    Synonyms:
    baby's bed, trundle-bed, solen, cunabula

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "cradle":

    birthplace, crib, cuna, cot

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#9852cradle
#11850crib
#16035rocker
#17576birthplace
#18626cot
#29863provenance
#69379cuna
#250978provenience

How to use cradle in a sentence?

  1. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

    European countries, which have turned the Mediterranean, the cradle of the world's oldest civilizations, into a cemetery for refugees, shares the sin for every refugee who loses their life.

  2. Naomi Kahn:

    Palestinian Authority has undertaken a very carefully and purposefully orchestrated program of historical revisionism, in an attempt to blur and eventually erase the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, because Judea and Samaria are the cradle of Jewish history, these areas are quite naturally the focal points of this insidious campaign.

  3. Georges Bernanos:

    What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

  4. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

    You are the cradle to my sky when you hold me I am no longer afraid to fly.

  5. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi:

    Mesopotamia is truly the pillar of humanity's memory and the cradle of civilization in recorded history.


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