Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cradle hole

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: cradle -hole
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.

Example Sentences

"Bang, bang! went the first sleigh over a cradle hole in the snow of the road, and each of the other sleighs jolted in the same way, and rudely breaking the frost bound stillness, the troykas began to speed along the road, one after the other."

Inflected Forms

cradle holes (plural)

Questions

What does cradle hole mean?: A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.

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