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