Rocker
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. Hence, a rocking chair The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.) Someone passionate about rock music. One who rocks something. a member of the group of people in Britain in the 1960s who dressed in black leather, were interested in 1950s music, were predominantly racist and hated mods.
Example sentence: When I got into all the grunge stuff, I really liked Hole. I actually saw them in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. It was kind of rare to see a successful female rocker get down and dirty with the guys. And Courtney Love did. It was fun to be a fan of something different.
Cradle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To contain in or as if in a cradle.To rock (a baby to sleep).To wrap protectively.To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.Infancy, or very early life.An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.A case for a broken or dislocated limb.A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.A suspended scaffold used in shafts.A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.A rest for the receiver of a telephone.
Example sentence: The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.