crèchenoun [ C ]
uk/kreʃ/us/kreʃ/crèche noun [ C ] (CHILDCARE)
UK a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop:
Does your employer provide a crèche?
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Preschool
- childcare
- day care
- day nursery
- kindergarten
- nursery
- nursery school
- playgroup
- playschool
- preschool
- preschooler
crèche noun [ C ] (CHRISTMAS SCENE)
US UK crib a model of the people and animals present at the birth of Jesus, used as a decoration at Christmas
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Religious objects
- ankh
- brass
- chalice
- clerical collar
- crosier
- cross
- crozier
- crucifixion
- dog collar
- fetish
- graven image
- hymnal
- kirpan
- Madonna
- relic
- rosary
- stigmata
- totem
- wafer
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