Definition of "crib" []

• A bed with high sides for a young child or baby. (noun)
• A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn. (noun)
• A rack or trough for fodder; a manger. (noun)
• A stall for cattle. (noun)
• A small crude cottage or room. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I keep telling myself that moving and getting kicked out of your crib is a lot for a 21 month old."
• "Once the experts start linking Bach and Mozart with intelligence, the commercial mavens get work selling "Bach for Babies," with the idea that if you play this music in crib, your baby will gain IQ points."
• "Neither ever took to being in crib (read: screamed like crazy at the idea of being placed in the crib at all)."
• "Once the experts start linking Bach and Mozart with intelligence, the commercial mavens get work selling "Bach for Babies," with the idea that if you play this music in crib, your baby will gain IQ points."
• "Bob Metcalfe, general partner with Polaris Ventures and the inventor of Ethernet, got on stage today at the Green: Net conference in San Francisco to call for “a squanderable abundance of cheap and clean energy,” that will crib from the development of the Internet."
• "Actually, buying that specific type of crib is also “an activity.”"