About The Word Nursery
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Nursery
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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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