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Share This nurs·er·y Audio Help / ˈnɜr / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ nur -suh -ree] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –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.
[Origin:
1350–1400; ME
norcery. See nurse , -ery ]
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pl. nurs·er·ies
A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
A nursery school.
A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.
noricerie , probably from Old French norricerie , from norrice , nursemaid ; see nurse
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c.1400, "breeding, nursing," from O.Fr. norture, from L.L. nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from L. nutrire "to nourish, suckle." Meaning "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse" is from 1499. As a type of school, 1581. Nursery rhyme is from 1832. Horticultural sense is from 1565.
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Share This nursery noun 1. a child's room for a baby 2. a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse ]
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Share This ˈnursery 1 noun —
plural ˈnurseries
a room
etc for young children
Arabic: حُجْرَة أطْفال، حَضانَه Chinese (Simplified): 托儿所 Chinese (Traditional): 托兒所 Czech: dětský pokoj Danish: børneværelse Dutch: kinderkamer Estonian: lastetuba, lastesõim Finnish: lastenhuone, hoitopaikka French: chambre d'enfants German: das Kinderzimmer Greek: παιδικό δωμάτιο, παιδικός σταθμός Hungarian: gyermekszoba Icelandic: barnaherbergi Indonesian: kamar anak-anak Italian: camera dei bambini*
Japanese: 育児部屋 Latvian: bērnistaba Lithuanian: vaikø kambarys Norwegian: barneværelse; barneparkering Polish: żłobek, pokój dziecinny Portuguese (Brazil): quarto de criança Portuguese (Portugal): quarto de criança Romanian: creşă Russian: детская комната Slovak: detská izba Slovenian: otroška soba Spanish: cuarto de los niños Swedish: barnkammare Turkish: çocuk odası
ˈnursery 2 noun
a place where young plants are grown
Arabic: مَشْتَل Chinese (Simplified): 苗圃 Chinese (Traditional): 苗圃 Czech: školka Danish: planteskole Dutch: kwekerij Estonian: taimelava Finnish: taimitarha French: pépinière German: die Baumschule Greek: φυτώριο Hungarian: faiskola Icelandic: gróðurhús Indonesian: persemaian Italian: vivaio, serra
Japanese: 苗床 Latvian: dēstu audzētava Lithuanian: daigynas, medelynas Norwegian: planteskole, hagesenter Polish: szkółka Portuguese (Brazil): viveiro Portuguese (Portugal): viveiro Romanian: pepinieră Russian: питомник Slovak: škôlka Slovenian: drevesnica Spanish: vivero Swedish: plantskola Turkish: fidanlık
See also: nursemaid ,
nurseryman ,
nursing ,
nursing-home ,
nurse ,
nursery rhyme ,
nursery school ,
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Main Entry: nurs·ery 'n&rs-(&-)rE noun plural -er·ies : the department of
a hospital where newborn infants are cared for
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Nurs"er*y\, n.; pl.
Nurseries . [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind nursery." --Shak.
2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. (b) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." --Shak.
Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. --J. M. Mason. (d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton.
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