crib /krib/

1. A child's bed, usu with slatted sides, a cot (esp N American)
2. A manger or container for animal fodder
3. A representation, esp a model, of the scene around the manger that served as a bed for the newborn Christ
4. A stall for oxen
5. A home, esp one's own (slang)
6. A rudimentary dwelling
7. A beach or holiday cottage (NZ)
8. A small confined space
9. A brothel (slang)
10. A container for grain
11. A wickerwork basket
12. A timber framework for a dam, a pier foundation, a mine-shaft lining, etc (also cribˈwork)
13. A pilfering, or the thing pilfered
14. An act of stealing, or something stolen, from another's work, a plagiarism
15. A key or baldly literal translation, used as an aid by students, etc
16. The discarded cards at cribbage, used by the dealer in scoring
17. Cribbage (informal)
18. A light meal (Aust and NZ)

1. To put in a crib
2. To confine
3. To steal (another's work), to plagiarize

cribbˈer noun

cribˈ-biting noun

(in horses) a harmful habit of seizing the edge of the crib or manger in the teeth, often accompanied by the swallowing of air (wind-sucking)

crib death noun (N American)

Cot death

cribˈwork see crib (n) above.

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