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Nursery

Nursery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nursery? [n] a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [n] a child's room for a baby Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nursery: baby's room \| glasshouse \| greenhouse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nursery: bedchamber \| bedroom \| birthplace \| blood bank \| boudoir \| breeding place \| brooder \| chamber \| charity ward \| clinic \| cloche \| cold frame \| conservatory \| consultation room \| coolhouse \| cradle \| cubicle \| cubiculum \| day nursery \| delivery room \| dispensary \| dormitory \| emergency \| examining room \| fever ward \| forcing bed \| forcing house \| forcing pit \| glasshouse \| greenhouse \| hatchery \| hospital room \| hotbed \| hothouse \| incubator \| infant school \| intensive care \| isolation \| kindergarten \| labor room \| laboratory \| lathhouse \| maternity ward \| nest \| nidus \| operating room \| orangery \| pharmacy \| pinery \| preschool \| prison ward \| private room \| recovery room \| rookery \| seedbed \| semi-private room \| sleeping room \| summerhouse \| surgery \| therapy \| treatment room \| ward \| X ray See Also \| building \| child's room \| conservatory \| day care center \| day nursery \| edifice \| hothouse \| indoor garden Nursery In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Nursery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nursery?

[n] a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
[n] a child's room for a baby

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nursery: baby's room | glasshouse | greenhouse

Nursery In Webster's Dictionary

\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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