Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 23 compound words that contain cradle. The most common are listed below. Open cradle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- cradle of civilizationA location and a culture where civilization was developed independent of other civilizations in other locations.
- Cradle of HumankindA region of Gauteng, South Africa; a UNESCO paleoanthrpological World Heritage Site.
- cradle capA form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.
- cat's cradleA children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers.
- Newton's cradleA device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. When a sphere at one end is lifted and released, the resulting force travels through the line and pushes the opposite sphere upward, repeating …
- Cradle MountainA locality in Kentish council area, Meander Valley council area and the West Coast council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- cradle-to-graveSpanning an entire lifetime, from birth to death.
- sea cradleA chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
- from the cradle to the graveSpanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.
- rob the cradleTo marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.
- cradle-robberAlternative spelling of cradle robber.
- cradle songA lullaby.
- cradle songsplural of cradle song: A lullaby.
- Judas cradleA purported torture device invented in Spain in the 16th century by the Spanish Inquisition by which the suspended victim’s orifice, usually the anus, was slowly impaled on and stretched by the pyramidal tip of the seat.
- cradle snatcherA person who prefers to date people significantly younger than themselves.
- cradle robbersplural of cradle robber
- cradle-to-cradle designA biomimetic approach to the design of products and systems that models human industry on nature's processes, where materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in metabolisms.
- cradle snatchersplural of cradle snatcher: A person who prefers to date people significantly younger than themselves.
- robbing the cradlepresent participle and gerund of rob the cradle
- cradle holeA sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.
- cradle walkA garden footpath with trees arching over it.
- cradle-snatchTo have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.
- cradle capsplural of cradle cap: A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.
- Cradle CatholicA person who has been raised in the Catholic faith since birth (in contrast to a person who has converted to the faith). It is usually implicit that the person has not lapsed in the faith.
- cradle holesplural of cradle hole: A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.
Compound words 23
- cradlerAn agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).
- cradlefulA number of babies that lies in a cradle.
- cradleboardA board of the kind traditionally used by Native Americans for carrying a baby.
- cradlesomeCharacterised or marked by cradling
- uncradleTo remove from a cradle.
- cradlehoodinfancy
- cradlesideA position at the side of an infant's cradle.
- encradleTo lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
- cradlelandThe region where something, especially a race of people, originated; the Urheimat.
- cradlelessWithout a cradle.