Cradle

Cradle or Cradles may refer to:

• Cradle (bed)
• Bassinet, a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep

• Cradle (circus act), or aerial cradle or casting cradle used in an aerial circus act
• Cradling (paintings), an art restoration technique to stabilise a painting on panel
• Docking station, also known as a cradle for the connection of a mobile device
• Ship cradle, for supporting a ship when dry docked
• Grain cradle, an addition to the agricultural scythe to keep the grain stems aligned when mowing
• Neck cradle, a type of Elizabethan collar used to prevent convalescent horses from biting their wounds
• Newton's cradle, a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres
• Rocker box, also known as a cradle used in mining to separate gold from alluvium
• Suspended cradle, a platform for accessing the exterior of buildings, used by among others
• Slip catching cradle. a device used by cricketers to practice taking catches

• Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site near Johannesburg in South Africa, where many early hominid remains were discovered
• Cradle of civilization, any of the various regions regarded as the earliest centers of civilization
• Cradle of Liberty (disambiguation)

• Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
• Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

• Cradle (Malay band), a Malay rock band from Singapore
• The Pleasure Seekers (band), formerly Cradle, a band that Suzi Quatro played in before she became famous
• Cradle (album), an album by Acacia
• "Cradle" (song), a 1999 song by Atomic Kitten
• "Cradle", a song by The Joy Formidable from The Big Roar
• "Cradle", a song by Mudvayne from L.D. 50
• Cradles (song), a song by Sub Urban

• Cradle (video game), a 2015 science-fiction adventure game developed by Flying Cafe
• Cradle (novel), a 1988 novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
• Cradle, a book series by Will Wight
• Cradle (sculpture), a 2010 sculpture by Ball-Nogues Studio

• Cradle (wrestling), a very basic move in amateur wrestling
• Cradle (company), a Dutch–Swiss biotechnology company

• The Cradle