cradlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkreɪ.dəl/us/ˈkreɪ.dəl/cradle noun [ C ] (BED)
a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side:
The nurse rocked the cradle.
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Beds & parts of beds
- air mattress
- airbed
- bassinet
- bed
- bedpost
- camp bed
- carrycot
- couch
- couchette
- crib
- divan
- hammock
- headboard
- Li-lo
- mattress
- queen-size
- truckle bed
- trundle bed
- twin bed
- waterbed
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cradle noun [ C ] (PHONE)
the object that you put a phone, camera, etc. into in order to recharge (= put power into) its batteries
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Communications - telephone equipment
- android
- Ansaphone
- answerphone
- brick
- cardphone
- cell
- cell phone
- ext
- extension
- GPRS
- hands-free
- handset
- kiosk
- landline
- linesman
- phone card
- speed dial
- telephone
- the blower
- videophone
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cradle noun [ C ] (EQUIPMENT)
UK US scaffold a frame that hangs on the side of a building, ship, etc. for people to work from
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Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- stem
- stilt
- underpin
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Idiom(s)
the cradle of sth
from (the) cradle to (the) grave
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
cradleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkreɪ.dəl/us/ˈkreɪ.dəl/to hold something or someone gently, especially by supporting with the arms:
She cradled him tenderly in her arms.
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Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cup
- dandle
- enfold
- glove
- grasp
- hand
- hand in hand idiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- hold
- hold on
- pinion
- seize
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