creche
/krɛʃ/
noun
- A place where babies and young children are cared for while their parents are working or busy; a daycare center.
- She dropped off her toddler at the creche before going to work.
- Many parents rely on a local creche for affordable childcare.
- The office building has a creche for employees' children.
- A model or display of the scene of Jesus Christ's birth, with figures of Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, and animals; a nativity scene.
- The children arranged the figures in the creche for the holiday pageant.
- Every Christmas, the church sets up a beautiful creche in the town square.
- She collects miniature creches from different countries.