About The Word Nursery

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Nursery

Nursery Meaning & Definition
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.

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