creche Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
    foundling hospital.
  2. noun a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem

WordNet


Creche noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Webster 1913