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cradle noun

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
  • (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
  • (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
 berceau
  • A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
 bers

cradle verb

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
 bercer
cradle cap
croûte de lait
cradle snatcher
prendre au berceau
from the cradle to the grave
du berceau à la tombe
portable cradle
couffin
Lapp cradle
komse
lowering cradle
abaisse-bobine
ship cradle
ber
cradle of Christianity
berceau de la chrétienté
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