cradle


cradle - noun

  • a baby bed with sides and rockers
  • where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
  • birth of a person
  • 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

    • cradle - verb

    • hold gently and carefully
    • bring up from infancy
    • hold or place in or as if in a cradle
    • cut grain with a cradle scythe
    • wash in a cradle
    • run with the stick

    cradle - thesaurus

    birthplace   provenance   provenience   rocker  


    View spelling list Words ending in dle and learn about the word cradle in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 26. Word endings: -le, and exceptions e.g. al, el, ol.

    Scrabble score for cradle

    c is 3 r is 1 a is 1 d is 2 l is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 9

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