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Meanings of crib in English

Catalan
calc

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

        calc
        Portuguese
        berço
        Catalan
        bres
        Spanish
        cuna

        Baby bed with high sides made of slats.

              berço

              A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.

                    Depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus.

                          Usage of crib in English
                          1
                          Every crib needs a ride, and OP's new place has just that.
                          The South African
                          2
                          And the young mother gently drew aside the curtain of the crib.
                          Elsie's Womanhood
                          3
                          Later, he'd seen another object, on the wall high above his crib.
                          Darkness
                          4
                          His wife stood by a white crib in one of the wards.
                          The Descent of Man and Other Stories
                          5
                          The little boy stirred in his crib, and his eyes opened languidly.
                          Christie Redfern's Troubles
                          6
                          Each calf was in a crib, and it was fed with milk.
                          Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
                          7
                          She awoke in her crib and did not-couldnot-askwhere she was.
                          The Hyperion Cantos
                          8
                          The deep breathing of the sleeping children reached him from their crib.
                          Children of the Tenements
                          9
                          Her son lay in a sumptuous crib under a cloud of lace.
                          The Old Homestead
                          10
                          Taking him by the hand, she pulled him along to his crib.
                          Her mother's hope
                          11
                          For many days and nights I lay under the crib all alone.
                          The Holy Cross and Other Tales
                          12
                          There were still marks where the crib and changing table had stood.
                          Stunning
                          13
                          Nikki thanked her for the crib notes and apologized for being late.
                          Naked Heat
                          14
                          Ryan told me about your drop-in at Menard's crib on de Sébastopol.
                          Monday Mourning
                          15
                          I have our baby in a crib in the room with us.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          I, too, retired to my crib in a closet within her room.
                          Villette
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                          Translations for crib
                          Portuguese
                          berço
                          Spanish
                          cuna
                          Crib through the time
                          Crib across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common