Nurseries
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nurs·er·y 
[nur-suh-ree] Pronunciation Key
[nur-suh-ree] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -er·ies.
| 1. | a room or place set apart for young children. |
| 2. | a nursery school or day nursery. |
| 3. | a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study. |
| 4. | any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered: The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting. |
| 5. | any situation, condition, circumstance, practice, etc., serving to breed or foster something: Slums are nurseries for young criminals. |
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| nurs·er·y
(nûr'sə-rē, nûrs'rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. nurs·er·ies
[Middle English noricerie, probably from Old French norricerie, from norrice, nursemaid; see nurse.] |
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