In plain English
This is a bed for a baby or very young child, not a regular bed. It is small, and its sides are high or made with bars. Those features are part of what makes it this kind of bed.
In context
Here, it indicates a request for a small bed with high sides or bars for a baby or very young child.
- Situation
- Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
- What it communicates
- labels a child sleeping request on the booking form.
Meaning limits
The term itself refers only to this specific kind of child’s bed, not to any other sleeping arrangement.
Examples
“The newborn slept in a small crib with high bars beside her parents' bed.”
“Could we have a crib in the room for our six-month-old?”