nursery

1 a child's room for a baby [syn: baby's room]

2 a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, glasshouse]

English

Etymology

nurse + -ery

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nurs·er·y

Noun

nursery (plural: nurseries)

1. The act of nursing

   “Her kind nursery.” —Shakespeare

2. A place where nursing is carried on; as:
   1. A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children.
   2. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
   3. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

      "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." —Shakespeare

       

      Christian families are the nurseries of the

      church on earth, as she is the nursery of the

      church in heaven. —J. M. Mason

   4. That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
3. That which is nursed.

Related terms

• nurse
• nursery rhyme

Translations

• Serbian: obdanište

Nursery can refer to:

Childcare

• Nursery (room), a room within the house designed for the care of a young child or children
• Nursery school, a daycare facility for preschool-age children
• Prison nursery, for imprisoned mothers with their young children

Places

• Nursery, Texas, unincorporated community in Victoria County, Texas, United States
• Nursery, Karachi, a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan
• Nursery Site, RI-273, historic site in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States

Music

• Nursery Suite (1931), by Edward Elgar
• The Nursery (song cycle) (1870), by Modest Mussorgsky

Science

• Nursery (horticulture), a place where young plants or trees are raised
• Stellar nursery, cosmic dust cloud in which stars form

Other

• Farm team, where sportspeople can gain experience before playing for a major team

See also

• Nursery rhyme, Children Song.
• Nursery web spider, of the family Pisauridae

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