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A Crib

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

Synonym: cot (British and Southern Hemisphere)

  1. (Britain) A bed for a child older than a baby.
  2. (nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
  3. A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
  4. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
  5. The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
  6. A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
  7. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
  8. A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle quotations ▼
  9. (obsolete) A job, a position; (British), an appointment.
  10. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
  11. (slang) One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. A house or dwelling place.
  12. A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
  13. (usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
  14. (obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
  15. (cribbage) The card game cribbage.
  16. (cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
  17. (cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
  18. (southern New Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.

Synonym: bach (northern New Zealand)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A packed lunch taken to work.
  2. (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
  3. (Britain, obsolete, thieves' cant) The stomach.
  4. (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.