A cradle is a small bed for babies that can move back and forth. It helps babies to feel safe and fall asleep.
The baby sleeps in the wooden cradle.
She rocks the cradle to calm the child.
Cradle means the beginning place of something important. It is where something starts or first exists.
This city is the cradle of many old traditions.
The river valley is the cradle of early farming.
In technology, a cradle is a support that holds a device or object in place safely. It keeps the object stable.
The camera sits in a cradle on the tripod.
He placed the phone in the charging cradle.
A cradle can mean a small dock where a phone or tablet is put to charge its battery safely.
Put the phone in the cradle to charge it.
The cradle helps the tablet recharge fast.
To cradle means to hold something gently and carefully, often moving it softly back and forth, like holding a baby.
She cradles her baby in her arms.
He cradled the kitten softly to sleep.
In mining, a cradle is a wooden box that rocks back and forth to wash soil and collect gold pieces.
Miners use a cradle to wash gold from dirt.
The old cradle helped separate gold in streams.
A cradle is a structure used to hold ships or vehicles steady, especially when not in water or for fixing.
The ship's cradle holds it during repairs.
The cradle keeps the boat steady on land.
Cradle can mean a place where something important grows or develops, like ideas or talents at an early stage.
The university is a cradle of new ideas.
This school is a cradle for talented students.
