Word
Cradle
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
cra-dle
Definition
- n. - 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; as, a cradle of crime;
the cradle of liberty.
- n. - Infancy, or very early life.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking
motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the
ground.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
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