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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Baby Bed
   • Beginning
   • Birth
   • Cut
   • Hold
   • Lacrosse
   • Nurture
   • Play
   • Wash

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1. cradlenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "cradle":

   birthplace, crib, cuna, cot

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How to use cradle in a sentence?

1. Fernando Aguerre:

   It's the cradle of the sport, we hold a Pro Tour event with more surfers there every year anyway, it's not like we're doing anything that has not been done before.

2. Chaim Silberstein:

   This is the very essence and the very cradle of Jewish civilization, going back to the very beginning of the bible, this provides the legitimacy of us sitting in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, and Netanya.

3. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother.

4. Naomi Kahn:

   Because Judea and Samaria are the cradle of Jewish history, these areas are quite naturally the focal points of this insidious campaign.

5. Vincent Van Gogh:

   If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle.