Synonyms for crib


Grammar : Noun
Spell : krib
Phonetic Transcription : krɪb

Top 10 synonyms for crib Other synonyms for the word crib

Définition of crib

Origin :
  • Old English cribbe "manger, fodder bin in cowsheds and fields," from a West Germanic root (cf. Old Saxon kribbia "manger;" Old Frisian and Middle Dutch kribbe; Old High German krippa, German Krippe "crib, manger") probably related to German krebe "basket." Meaning "child's bed with barred sides" is 1640s; probably from frequent use in reference to the manger where infant Jesus was laid. Thieves' slang for "dwelling house" dates to at least 1812, but late 20c. use probably is independent. The Old High German version passed to French and became creche.
  • noun baby bed
Example sentences :
  • She started forward, but Martin stepped between herself and the crib.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • How'd you like to be lyin' helpless in a crib with a big rat gnawin' your ear?
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • "A crib that will soon house more than corn," said the sergeant.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The farmer might come out at any time to his crib, and they felt that they must be up and away.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • For their construing I have been given what schoolboys call a crib.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • "There he is," I said, pointing to the depression at the foot of the crib.
  • Extract from : « Sorry: Wrong Dimension » by Ross Rocklynne
  • "There is such a climb-up to that crib of yours, Dalton," cried another.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • I have often tried to translate a baby's cry in his crib, into English.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • As for the low Irish, all we have to do is to crib them, feed and pickle them in whiskey for a week.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • After the baby is four to six months of age it is transferred to the crib.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

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