Words Like CRADLE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CRADLE.

18 Alternative Words Similar to cradle

1 Birthplace Noun      Synonym Words Like Birthplace
2 Provenance Noun      Synonym Words Like Provenance
3 Provenience Noun      Synonym Words Like Provenience
4 Rocker Noun      Synonym Words Like Rocker
5 Beginning Noun      Synonym Words Like Beginning
6 Birth Noun      Synonym Words Like Birth
7 Origin Noun      Synonym Words Like Origin
8 Root Noun      Synonym Words Like Root
9 Rootage Noun      Synonym Words Like Rootage
10 Source Noun      Synonym Words Like Source
11 Cut Verb      Synonym Words Like Cut
12 Hold Verb      Synonym Words Like Hold
13 Nurture Verb      Synonym Words Like Nurture
14 Play Verb      Synonym Words Like Play
15 Raise Verb      Synonym Words Like Raise
16 Rear Verb      Synonym Words Like Rear
17 Cradled Verb-transitive      Form
18 Cradling Verb-transitive      Form

1 examples of cradle

1 a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty

10 definitions of cradle

1 A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
2 Infancy, or very early life.
3 An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
4 A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
5 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.
6 A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
7 A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
8 A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
9 A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
10 The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
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