The meaning of CRADLE is a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots. How to use cradle in a sentence.

cradle noun [C] (BED) Add to word list a small bed for a baby, esp. one with raised sides that can be pushed gently so that it moves from side to side

CRADLE definition: a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers. See examples of cradle used in a sentence.

8. to hold gently or protectively. 9. to place or rock in or as if in an infant's cradle. 10. to nurture during infancy. 11. to cut (grain) with a cradle.

A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.

Definition of cradle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

CRADLE meaning: 1 : a bed for a baby that is usually designed to rock back and forth when pushed gently sometimes used figuratively; 2 : the place where something begins usually singular usually + of

Furniture a small bed for an infant: She rocked the baby gently in the cradle. the place where something develops or grows in its early years: Boston is the cradle of the American Revolution.

Dec 14, 2025 · cradle (plural cradles) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. quotations

Applied to a piece of silver plate, or the like, presented to the wife of a mayor to whom a child is born during his period of office. Originally a cradle, or the model of one, for which something else is now …