cherub

noun
UK /ˈtʃer.əb/
US /ˈtʃer.əb/

A cherub is a little angel with wings, often drawn as a cute baby.

The painting showed a chubby cherub floating above the clouds.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A very beautiful or innocent-looking child.

Their youngest daughter is a little cherub with curly hair.

3. In the Bible, a heavenly being with wings that guards sacred places.

Golden cherubim were carved above the ark.

4. A person who seems sweet and innocent but may not be.

Don't let that cherub face fool you—he's full of mischief.