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nurs⋅er⋅y

  [nur-suh-ree]
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–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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nurs·er·y   (nûr'sə-rē, nûrs'rē)   
n.   pl. nurs·er·ies
  1. A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
    1. A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
    2. A nursery school.
  3. A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
  4. A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.

[Middle English noricerie, probably from Old French norricerie, from norrice, nursemaid; see nurse.]
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Nursery

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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Language Translation for : nursery
Spanish: cuarto de los niños,
German: das Kinderzimmer,
Japanese: 育児部屋
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nursery 
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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Main Entry: nurs·ery
Pronunciation: 'n&rs-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -er·ies
: the department ofa hospital where newborn infants are cared for
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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