crib

Definitions

• (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
• (British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
• (nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
• A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
• A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
• The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
• A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
• A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
• A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
• (obsolete) A job, a position; (British), an appointment.
• A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
• (slang) One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. A house or dwelling place.
• A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
• (usually) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
• (obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
• (cribbage) The card game cribbage.
• (cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
• (cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
• (southern) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
• (Australia) A packed lunch taken to work.
• (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
• (UK) The stomach.
• (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.