crib

C2 Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /kɹɪb/ See IPA manual

Freq #9009

Meanings

1

noun
a card game, usually for two players, in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

We spent the rainy afternoon playing crib.
2

noun
the cards discarded by players at cribbage

I put the ace of hearts in the crib.
3

noun
baby bed with high sides made of slats

We put the newborn in the crib.
4

noun
a bin or granary for storing grains

The farm had a plastic crib for the oats.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a card game, usually for... cribbage

3 noun · baby bed with high sides... cot

Word family

Derived forms cribber

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Phrases (1)

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crib death
the sudden unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). Doublet of crèche. The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of th...

Topics

Sports & Fitness

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# crib

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kɹɪb/
**Frequency rank:** 9009

## Meanings
1. a card game, usually for two players, in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
2. the cards discarded by players at cribbage
3. baby bed with high sides made of slats
4. a bin or granary for storing grains

## Examples
- We spent the rainy afternoon playing crib.
- I put the ace of hearts in the crib.
- We put the newborn in the crib.
- The farm had a plastic crib for the oats.

## Derived Forms
- cribber

## Etymology
From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). Doublet of crèche. The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of th...

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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