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
Synonyms
font,fountain,fountainhead,origin,root,seedbed,v>Middle English cradel, from Old English cradol; perhaps akin to Old High German kratto basket, Sanskrit grantha knot
cradle
noun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
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