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cradle
cradle
noun
Definition of CRADLE
1
a place of origin <Philadelphia is known as “the cradle of liberty” because it was there that the Declaration of Independence was signed>
2
a point or place at which something is invented or provided <the 1848 meeting at Seneca Falls, New York, is often regarded as the cradle of the women's suffrage movement>
Related Words beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one
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