crib

Nativity stands for:

a feeding place for livestock in stables or for game outdoors, see hay rack or trough (container)
Christmas crib , figurative representation of the Christmas story
Crèche , a day-care center where young children are looked after by educators
Nativity (unit) , an old charcoal measure

Messier 44 , Praesepe (Latin for "crib"), open star cluster in the constellation Cancer

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Wiktionary: Nativity scene - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations