Clues for the word "CRADLE"
We've had 71 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 135 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of cradle
- n. - A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
- n. - Infancy, or very early life.
- n. - An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- n. - A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- n. - A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
- n. - A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
- n. - A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- n. - The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- n. - The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- v. t. - To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
- v. t. - To nurse or train in infancy.
- v. t. - To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
- v. t. - To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- v. i. - To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Referring Clues
- Hold protectively
- Birthplace, metaphorically
- Hold gently
- Telephone part
- Grave's counterpart
- Rocker in a lullaby
- Newborn's bed
- Lullaby rocker
- Baby holder
- ___ of civilization
- Kid rocker
- Bed with rockers
- Breeding ground
- Place of origin
- Treetop rocker
- Baby rocker
- It rocks when the wind blows
- Phone receiver's spot
- Baby's bed
- Handset holder
- It's often rocked
- Phone home?
- Baby bed
- Nursery rocker
- Pinning hold in wrestling
- Nursery furniture
- Protect
- Nursery need
- Infant's bed
- Place to rock
- Place to rock
- Pacifier site
- Bassinet
- Nurturing place
- One may be a rocker
- Infancy, figuratively
- Crib
- Carry protectively
- Bed in the nursery
- Rocking place
- Young rocker?
- Baby's rocking bed
- Nurture
- Baby's rocker
- Nursery item
- Junior rocker
- Hold tenderly
- Hold gently and protectively
- An infant rock'n'roller
- Cot
- Crib on rockers
- An infant rock-and-roller
- Rocking bed
- Rocking site
- Small bed on rockers
- A world ruler is its rocker
- Place to sing "Rock-a-Bye Baby"
- Where youngster is laid to rest
- Bend over to put money in Delaware baby's cot
- Where youngsters lie about utensil changing hands
- Car led criminal to nurse
- Billy Idol "___ of Love"
- Metaphor for early nurturing
- Swimming in Calder: situation far from grave?
- Bed on rockers
- Birthplace metaphor
- Infant bed
- Charging station for a smartphone
- Metaphor for nurturing
- Handset's place
- Birthplace, as of civilization
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2026
- Daily American - January 30, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - October 25, 2025
- New York Times - October 11, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 26, 2025
- Daily American - August 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 12, 2025
- Daily American - January 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 10, 2024
- Mirror Mini - September 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2024
- USA Today - April 14, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 14, 2024
- Daily American - January 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 24, 2024
- LA Times - October 01, 2023
- Mirror Mini - September 17, 2023
- Daily American - August 01, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 26, 2023
- Your Life Choices - February 26, 2023
- Daily American - January 20, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2023
- Mirror Mini - September 17, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - June 20, 2022
- Rock n Roll Crossword - February 04, 2018
- Daily American - January 30, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2018
- And in 105 more crossword puzzles...