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Word entry · 6 letters

cradle

Best crossword clue

"Infant bed"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹeɪdəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acdelrStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. run with the stick

Word origin

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart.

Used in a sentence

  • “No sooner was I crept out of my cradle / But I was made a king, at nine months old.”
  • “the cradle that received thee at thy birth”
  • “Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.”

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