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Synonyms for crèche

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kresh, kreysh; French kresh
Phonetic Transcription : krɛʃ, kreɪʃ; French krɛʃ

Définition of crèche

Origin :
  • "Christmas manger scene," 1792, from French crèche, from Old French cresche (13c.) "crib, manger, stall," ultimately from a Germanic source, cf. Old High German kripja, Old English cribb (see crib). Also "a public nursery for infants where they are cared for while their mothers are at work" (1854).
  • As in manger : noun the birthplace of christ
Example sentences :
  • A special nursery, the "Creche," was built for their children.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • How am I supposed to protect the Creche from the likes of Erikson?
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • There are almost a thousand androids in the Creche as of this morning.
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • Third, the artificial persons that streamed from the Creche were blasphemy.
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • "But the Creche is here, and I am here to guard it as my forefathers did," Merrick said.
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • In the lowest vaults of the Creche, Merrick showed the Prophet the infants.
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • Every human being within the Creche died so, but there was still life.
  • Extract from : « Turning Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • What they really need is a combination palace, houseboat, sanatorium, and creche.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • Occasionally, a door opened almost soundlessly, and a white-clad figure would check the graph tapes on the creche's meters.
  • Extract from : « Operation Haystack » by Frank Patrick Herbert
  • So soon as they had left the creche he began to speak of the horror the babies in their incubating cases had caused him.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleeper Wakes » by Herbert George Wells

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