the cradle of sth
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› the place where something started: Fossil records indicate that Africa was the cradle of early human evolution. the cradle of civilizationOrigins and sources
(Definition of the cradle of sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- base noun (NECESSARY PART)
- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
- beginning noun
- birthplace noun
- born verb
- breeding ground noun
- come from somewhere/sth phrasal verb
- emanate from/through sth/sb phrasal verb
- emanate verb
- fount noun
- genesis noun
- hail from somewhere phrasal verb
- originate verb
- paternity noun
- provenance noun
- root noun (CAUSE/ORIGIN)
- seed corn noun
- seed noun (BEGINNING)
- son noun
- source noun
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