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Synonyms for crib

Most common

cat house cage cot manger cribbage

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

  2. v. 1

    To place or confine in a crib.

  3. v. 2

    To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

Forms

Plural
cribs → ponies, trots, cots, racks…
Past participle
cribbed
e.g. cribbed → plagiarized, snatched, appropriated, nipped…

Example sentences

  • cage There are birds singing in the cage, aren't there?
  • cot I slept on a cot in Tom's basement last night.
  • manger Tom offered to help Mary set up the manger.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cribrising
cagerising
cotrising
mangerrising
cribbagerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
box1, ben1, nip1, cot1
4 letters
cage1, rack1, pony2, trot1
5 letters
steal1, pinch1, swipe1, abode2, filch1
6 letters
bunker2, snatch1, snitch1, manger2, pilfer2, encage
7 letters
cabbage2, confine2, enclose2, purloin2
8 letters
dwelling2, cribbage2
10 letters
plagiarize3, plagiarise
11 letters
appropriate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pony2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
étable
Italiano
stalla
Español
establo
Deutsch
Stall
Català
estable