1.Definition: a baby bed with sides and rockers

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

Related Noun(s):rocker

Category: Objects

3.Definition: birth of a person

"He was taught from the cradle never to cry"

Category: General

4.Definition: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

Related Noun(s):birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience

Category: Places