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Noun: crèche  kresh or kreysh
  1. A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
    - foundling hospital
     
  2. A representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
     
  3. [Brit] A day nursery for young children and babies

Derived forms: crèches

Type of: hospital, infirmary, representation