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the original suspension system, rocking humans long before cars learned the trick
means A small bed for a baby, often mounted to rock gently back and forth, or by extension any framework that holds and supports something.
from From Old English 'cradol,' a word for an infant's bed, with relatives across the old Germanic tongues — possibly tied to a root meaning 'basket' or 'woven container,' fitting for something cradling a small body. The figurative senses (the 'cradle of civilization,' a phone 'cradle') grew naturally from that core image of a hollow that holds and rocks.
- rocking science
- Gentle sway syncs brainwaves, deepening sleep faster
- word root
- From Old English cradol, possibly meaning little basket
- phone era
- Telephones once rested in a cradle when hung up
- civilization metaphor
- Mesopotamia called the cradle of human writing
- cat's cradle
- A string game played across nearly every culture
cradle of civilization — mesopotamia between the tigris and euphrates rivers, where writing and cities first emerged around 3500 bce
cradle of humankind — sterkfontein caves in south africa, unesco site where australopithecus and early homo fossils were discovered
cradle 2 grave — british nhs healthcare system providing care from birth to death, established 1948