cribnoun [ C ]
uk/krɪb/us/krɪb/crib noun [ C ] (BED)
US UK cot a small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out
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Beds & parts of beds
- air mattress
- airbed
- bassinet
- bed
- bedpost
- berth
- camp bed
- carrycot
- couch
- couchette
- divan
- double bed
- headboard
- Li-lo
- mattress
- queen-size
- rollaway
- trundle bed
- twin bed
- waterbed
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crib noun [ C ] (CHRISTMAS SCENE)
UK US crèche a model of the people and animals present at the birth of Jesus Christ, used as a decoration at Christmas
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Objects & decorations connected with celebrations
- Advent calendar
- balloon
- bauble
- bonbon
- bunting
- Christmas cracker
- Christmas tree
- garland
- hamper
- illumination
- jack-o'-lantern
- keepsake
- lei
- party popper
- pennant
- piñata
- souvenir
- stocking filler
- tinsel
- wreath
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crib noun [ C ] (HOME)
mainly US slang Someone's crib is their home or the place where they are living at present.
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Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- down
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- Englishman
- gaff
- habitation
- hangout
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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cribverb [ I or T ]
uk/krɪb/us/krɪb/-bb- informal disapprovingto copy or take someone else's work:
I sometimes wonder what TV show he cribbed that line from.
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- impersonator
- leaf
- lift
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- replicate
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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